Eric Scaife

[George Mack @george__mack]

My favorite Charlie Munger story:

In 1953, Munger was 29 years old.

Recently divorced. Lost the house. Huge social stigma of divorce back then.

His 8-year-old son, Teddy, was diagnosed with cancer.

The leukemia was incurable.

No medical insurance - Munger paid for all his medical care.

Charlie would visit Teddy in the hospital every day -- and then walk the streets crying.

Teddy died at the age of 9.

Charlie was broke, divorced and just lost his child.

99.9% of people would've turned to alcohol, drugs, or suicide. (And you'd understand why)

Munger never did.

Fast forward to 52 years old, a failed surgery left him blind in one eye with the potential of going fully blind one day.

Charlie was an obsessive learner who read every book he could get his hands on.

When confronted with the possibility of going blind and no longer being able to read he said:

"It's time for me to learn braille!"

The only thing that might be more impressive than his intellect was his actions.

RIP.

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Munger on Self-Pity:

"Generally speaking, envy, resentment, revenge, and self-pity are disastrous modes of thought.

Self-pity gets pretty close to paranoia…

Every time you find your drifting into self-pity, I don’t care what the cause, your child could be dying from cancer, self-pity is not going to improve the situation. It’s a ridiculous way to behave.

Life will have terrible blows, horrible blows, unfair blows, it doesn’t matter. Some people recover and others don’t.

There I think the attitude of Epictetus is the best. He thought that every mischance in life was an opportunity to behave well. Every mischance in life was an opportunity to learn something and that your duty was not to be immersed in self-pity, but to utilize the terrible blow in a constructive fashion. That is a very good idea."

[Stephen J. Fenton @drstephenfenton]

So proud that my partner @katierussellmd is one of the @acsTrauma 100 Future Trauma Leaders. She is working hard to improve the care of injured kids in Utah and the country! Way to go!
@TraumaUtah @primarychildren @UofUSurgery @UtahPedsSurgery

[Utah Pediatric Surgery @UtahPedsSurgery]

Amazing work by @katierussellmd a superstar surgeon on our team helping improve the care of injured kids!
@UofUSurg @UofUHealth @primarychildren @TraumaUtah @EricScaife

[Eric Scaife @EricScaife]

Obituary for Robert “Bob” Scaife https://t.co/BDGlWSyswh

[Utah Pediatric Surgery @UtahPedsSurgery]

We are excited to have matched Michael Traynor from @MayoSurgery into our Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Program. @UofUSurgery @APSASurgeons #pedsurgbestsurg

[University of Utah Health @UofUHealth]

The first in-utero fetal surgery in #Utah was performed last year. Today, we welcomed back the young patient and her family to celebrate this #MedicalMilestone!

#FetalSurgeries are a game-changer in expert care that can significantly improve health outcomes for newborns.

[FOX 13 News Utah @fox13]

MEDICAL MILESTONE - One year after a medical team at Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital and the University of Utah Health performed the first in-utero fetal surgery in the state, the patient and her family reunited with caregivers to celebrate. https://t.co/nRaVwq4wHk

[Eric Scaife @EricScaife]

@UtahPedsSurgery when your fellow is from North Carolina #uncbasketball

[Elisabeth Wynne, MD @ekwynne]

Thank you @UtahPedsSurgery for the excellent training! #boardcertified #pedsurgbestsurg

[Eric Scaife @EricScaife]

https://t.co/dqSZwN9Jvp

[Utah Pediatric Surgery @UtahPedsSurgery]

Some of the amazing kids and family members with our outstanding Pulmonary Hypoplasia Program leads Dr Katie Russell and Tonya Duke showing up to the Utah State Capitol yesterday to celebrate National Omohalocele Awareness Day!
@primarychildren @UofUHealth @UtahGov #owarrior

[Debtlifts @Debtlifts]

A week before he died, Musashi wrote the Dokkōdō, or The Way of Walking Alone.

It consisted of 21 rules and provided a roadmap to live life by.

The rules are strict and harsh, but honest and powerful.

[Utah General Surgery Residency @UtahGenSurgRes]

Congrats to our resident @BleicherJosh for this fantastic publication with @UofUHealth attendings @Kronos_76, Dr. Scaife, and our gen surg program director, Dr. Lambert!

[Eric Scaife @EricScaife]

@JulieCKiefer Amazing

[Julie Kiefer @JulieCKiefer]

Scroll through the replies to NPR’s tweet. They’re the best part.

[Eric Scaife @EricScaife]

@citizensurgeon Yikes

[Utah Pediatric Surgery @UtahPedsSurgery]

Doug Barnhart started our fellowship and led the recruitment and training of 5 pediatric surgery fellows. He passes the reigns to the capable hands of Brian Bucher @UofUSurgery @APSASurgeons

[Eric Scaife @EricScaife]

@chrisfroome wishing you well from Salt Lake City, Utah

[Eric Scaife @EricScaife]

@UtahPedsSurgery https://t.co/qT9TdT6mcZ