Yusuke Tsugawa, MD, PhD

Yusuke Tsugawa, MD, PhD, assistant professor, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, and lead author of the observational study “Age and Sex of Surgeons and Mortality of Older Surgical Patients,” published in BMJ.

Do You Want an Older or Younger Surgeon?

Do You Want an Older or Younger Surgeon?

Yusuke Tsugawa, MD, PhD | July 31, 2018

If you’re about to have surgery, is it better to have an older or younger surgeon? Recent research provides some surprising insights…