My wife and I have been watching the latest wave of reality TV shows — Oprah’s Big Give, etc. — and I thought, with all the new rankings of hospitals and physicians out there, perhaps we could combine the two.
I title it “America’s Next Top Surgeon” and it would go something like this.
We pick 10 nationally ranked surgeons (thanks, Castle Connolly) and run them through a series of surgery-related challenges — Surprise! Today you’re a nurse; Surprise! Today you operate without lighting! — while judges look on and score the results: “When you told that family their terminally ill father wasn’t going to make it, I just didn’t feel the sincerity I’d hoped to.”
For judges, I’m thinking Steve Case from Revolution Health, Kerry Hicks from HealthGrades, and maybe Randy Jackson from American Idol since he had gastric bypass surgery. (“That closing technique was off the hook, dawg!”)
At the end of every episode, one surgeon would be excised from the show: “I’m sorry doctor, it’s time to hang up your scrubs.”
The winner would get a 64-CT scanner, da Vinci robot, and a Gamma Knife.
ABC, CBS — give me a call. We’re talking at least 13 share points.
Yesterday me and my husband were watching america’s top model episodes, then my husband said I wish they had a show for ‘america’s top surgeons’ then I would be in it. I am totally for it, and for winner, I prefer money, magazine layout ect. You may respond via my e-mail.