“Renegades. Rule-breakers. Gangsters with scalpels. This is the way we like to think of ourselves. It makes us feel bad-ass. Sexy. Problem is, it's not exactly true. At heart, we're rule followers. Sheep. We don't break protocol - we follow it to a "T". Because if we don't follow protocol, our patients die, and then we're no longer bad-ass, we're just bad. It's every doctor's dilemma. Do you play it safe and follow protocol? Or take a risk and invent a new one? There can be reward in risk. There can also be fallout. Still, you need to buck the system every once in a while. Big. And when you get the results you want, there's no better feeling in the world. But when you don't....”
