Have you ever thought about what goes on behind the closed doors of an operating room? Douglas M. Gebbie’s THE OPERATING ROOM gives readers a unique look into the routine, and sometimes scary, events that medical professionals deal with every day. From questions like, who will be in charge? to what safety protocols must be followed? there are no mysteries here. Gebbie wrote this book in hopes to make patients feel more secure and alleviate their anxieties when it comes to going under the knife.

About the Author

Gebbie graduated in medicine from the University of Glasgow. After working in several hospitals, he joined the Royal Navy and following his discharge he married a beautiful nurse named Anne. Gebbie and Anne had a son, born in Glasgow, and the three of them emigrated to Canada.

With a year contract from the Newfoundland government, Gebbie practiced as a G.P. in a small Out Port just on the edge of civilization. While there he had a daughter, born in Gander.

His next home was Brampton, Ontario, a small town twenty-five miles from Toronto. After six years there and two more girls added to the Gebbie family, he decided to specialize in anesthesia. He did his training for three years and then worked at one of Toronto's University teaching hospitals.The next move was to Cincinnati where Gebbie worked for twenty years until retiring to Naples, Florida. Unfortunately, he and his wife lost their son at age fifty of heart disease and one of our girls to breast cancer at age forty. Gebbie’s wife, Anne, passed away four years ago.