Classrooms, research, grant writing, faculty meetings... It can be easy to forget that professors have a life outside of the classroom, perhaps with surprising hobbies and talents. The new issue of Stanford Magazine highlights the extra-professional lives of some of the university's extraordinary professors, including Ralph Greco, MD.
Greco is a sculptor of stone as well as a surgeon. His work decorates his home and has sold for as much as $8,500. Perhaps his most notable sculpture is the abstract "S" that graces the Department of Surgery. He created the work of art from a 400-pound marble boulder that was gifted to him at a graduation dinner when he was the director of the general surgery residency program.
It's perhaps not surprising that the multi-faceted Greco is an advocate for work-life balance among surgeons. He established a support program after the suicide of a surgical resident, and because he says sculpting can be "too self centered," he pursues other interests as well. Check out the article to learn more.
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