He combined his lifelong devotion to pediatrics with a passion for surgery to
study pediatric surgery, interrupting his surgical training to gain a doctorate in cell biology from the University of Toronto in 1998.
The
study, published in the September issue of Annals of
Surgery online, shows that providing pricing information upfront can influence patient choice of surgical procedures and potentially lead to cost savings in health care, a sector of the economy that accounts for more than 17 percent of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product, says Eric R. Scaife, M.D., senior author, associate professor of surgery and chief of pediatric surgery at the University of Utah (U of U) School of Me
Surgery online, shows that providing pricing information upfront can influence patient choice of surgical procedures and potentially lead to cost savings in health care, a sector of the economy that accounts for more than 17 percent of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product, says Eric R. Scaife, M.D., senior author, associate professor of
surgery and chief of pediatric surgery at the University of Utah (U of U) School of Me
surgery and chief of
pediatric surgery at the University of Utah (U of U) School of Me
surgery at the University of Utah (U of U) School of Medicine.