Hello and welcome back to Akrak.

I'm Jed Wolpaw and I'm really excited to have with me today, Dr. David Broussard,

who is the chair of

anesthesiology at Oxner Medical Center in New Orleans. He's also a cardiac anesthesiologist,

and he has been appointed by the governor to the patient compensation oversight board for the

state of Louisiana. We're going to hear about that, what it means. But where this came from,

in addition to the fact that I really admire David in general, is that he came and gave a great grand rounds talk for us,

and he talked about disclosing adverse events to patients and families, how important that is,

how important is to do it well. This is something he teaches and talks about. I thought it was a

fabulous talk and something that people really need to know about anybody involved in medical care.

And so I asked him if he'd come on and I was thrilled when he agreed to do it.

So, David, welcome to the show.

Oh, yeah, Jed.

Thank you so much.

Excited to be here with you today.

And this is a topic that I'm passionate about and excited to share with, you know, a larger audience.

You know, in my role as chair, I noticed early on that especially some of our newer physicians

weren't comfortable with these conversations. And, you know, unfortunately, they occasionally

have serious complications even early in their careers. And it could be a very disruptive thing, you know, unfortunately, they occasionally have serious complications even early in their careers.

And it could be a very disruptive thing.

You know, on a couple occasions, I saw people start to kind of lose confidence, even in their choice of specialties.

And so don't want to see that happen.

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