Surgical Leader: Robert M. Zollinger, Sr., as a Father, Teacher, and Mentor

The stories abound from a "C" in surgery in medical school (which cannot be substantiated by review of his transcripts) to comic-like interactions with his friend, Burt Dunphy. [...] he insisted that I read each operative note, look at each histology slide, meet and examine all living patients, and create a spreadsheet to analyze key variables.