Babak Farzaneh
Today at 5:39am…read moreDr. Tobin is not just a great, actually amazing surgeon. He is an innovator, inventor, investigator and researcher. He has broken boundaries in medicine and surgery and continues to do so. But he is even more than all these. He is a great husband and father. He is an amazing boss, his staff of decades have been with him, not just as employees but as family. They all protect him and love him because more than anything just like me they RESPECT him. I spent two years with this man as a surgical student ( fellow), learning from him and trying to absorb as much knowledge as I can. I was only required to stay for one year, but I was greedy as I knew that this was a once in a life time time opportunity. To this day his knowledge and my respect for him intimidates me. I still hear his voice and advise every time I walk in my operating room to perform surgery. Even more than the details of surgical skills, he engraved in my brain The Surgical Principles. Commandments to run my surgical career by. He made me understand how to be a good honest doctor as a cosmetic surgeon. How to take care of my patients as family and most importantly how to keep my patients SAFE. Dr. Tobin is a constant learner. He does not waste a single second of his life. If he is not operating, then he is writing blogs and articles, listening to books or writing books then he is running, or riding his motorcycle or flying his plane. ( Yes , he is a pilot also, an actual plane, I am not kidding, I travelled with him the two years I was with him as he does consolations at multiple locations in Texas). I felt safe on that plane, well firstly he maintains it so well, but also because Dr. Tobin exudes confidence and makes people feel safe. He used to be a scuba diver, but he also did under water photography. He recorded surgical cases as part of teaching seminars for other surgeons to learn from. But he just didn't do the surgery. He was involved in post recording production, sound editing,.....You see, he just doesn't do things, he does them well and completely. Sometimes he can do several things at once!!! Even though I have not seen him or been to his practice for 8 years, there is not a week that goes by that I don't tell some of his patients about him. Dr. Tobin is still my idol, he can do it all. A lot of surgeons think they can, but trust me not the way Dr. Tobin does. He has trained so many surgeons and I hope as I they also carry a piece of him with them every time they pick up the scalpel to perform surgery. I have never told him any of these and I am sure he is not going to see this. However, if any of his patients ever read this, trust every word that comes from him. Because more than anything, you are safe with him and you just like me will repeat these words. Thank you Dr. Tobin. Babak Farzaneh, M.D. BTW, He really really really loves his dogs. Another good sign!!!