Dr. Mark Shrime: Part 1 - The Work of a Surgeon
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Dr. Mark Shrime is an outstanding surgeon who has focused on head and neck surgical oncology throughout his career and is an asset to the Mercy Ships surgical team. Mark servesat the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and lectures at Harvard MedicalSchool where he has additional degrees in global health and health policy.Mark’s credentials and accolades are only superseded by his passion for justice and working where health, impoverishment and inequity intersect. When not in a classroom teaching, you can find Mark volunteering in the operating theatre on board a Mercy Ships vessel. In this episode Mark shares the complexities of the surgeries he performs, his journeyto find his own purpose, and the impact Mercy Ships has had on him. Get readyto be blown away by this brilliant man and inspired by the intentionality withwhich he lives his life. Dr. Mark Shrime has recently published a book entitled: Solving For Why: A Surgeon's Journey to Discover the Transformative Power of Purpose. For more information about Mercy Ships, go to www.mercyships.org
Released on 9 May 2022
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