chief surgeon
Top hospital cutter
The chief surgeon is the senior surgeon in a hospital, surgical department, or medical team, responsible for overseeing operations and other surgeons.
The title implies administrative authority as well as clinical expertise: The chief surgeon reviewed the case before approving the procedure.
In military contexts, a chief surgeon may oversee medical services for an entire unit or installation.
- operatingActively in function
- operating roomSurgical procedure venue
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- scrubbing inSurgical hand sterilization ritual
scrubs · incision · anesthesia · OR · trauma · resident · sutures · sterile · gown · mask · table · procedure · attending · chain of command · specialist · skilled · steady · hands
- hospital staffdoctor, department head, attending physician, physician, nurse practitioner
- surgeryoperation, incision, scalpel, suture, sutures
- Medical LeadersCMO, medical director, nursing director, department head, department chair
- OR personnelscrub nurse, scrub tech, anesthesiologist, first assistant, neurosurgeon
- expertsexperts, expert, specialist, masters, specialists
chief surgeonsurgical resident
Physician completing operative training
intern · medical student · junior doctor · staff surgeon · orderly
chief surgeonchief of medicine
Hospital's top physician
head nurse · hospital administrator · patient · medical examiner · pathologist
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