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Date: May 13, 2004

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Date: May 13, 2004

Fact: I will not be going to Dr. Guise for any ear, nose, or throat problems!

Date: May 13, 2004

This letter helpfully exposes the irrationality of many SFT supporters. The WHOLE DANG FACULTY should be fired? These people simply cannot admit what is painfully obvious to most objective observers: SFT is an incompetent administrator. Anyone who managed (no pun intended) to engender the kind of paralysis and widespread destruction of morale he has provoked among his workforce would have been fired long ago in a normal business.

Can someone please explain to me the psychology behind a letter like this one? It seems to be "Thames-or-nothing"; why the fanatical, unreasoning loyalty to one man?

Date: May 13, 2004

quote:

Originally posted by: unbelieving
" From the local Ear, Nose and Throat Doc Chuck Guice: The faculty was hired to teach, not administrate. "

administer?

Date: May 13, 2004

"Can someone please explain to me the psychology behind a letter like this one? It seems to be "Thames-or-nothing"; why the fanatical, unreasoning loyalty to one man? "

Sounds more like a slam at Dr. Hartwig and maybe others we don't know about, than anything else.

I would love to see Dr. Guice's reacation if somebody tried to run the hospital the way SFT runs USM -- tell those doctors to shut up and play ball -- ain't gonna happen!

Date: May 13, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: LVN
"I would love to see Dr. Guice's reaction if somebody tried to run the hospital the way SFT runs USM -- tell those doctors to shut up and play ball -- ain't gonna happen!"

This is an EXCELLENT analogy; do you mind if I steal it and use it in my letters?

Date: May 13, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: USM Sympathizer
"This is an EXCELLENT analogy; do you mind if I steal it and use it in my letters?"

She curteys. Thank you. Yes you may. I have been frustrated all along by the underlying assumption of pro SFT ers that USM is essentially a big open factory. The point that is not getting out is that SFT is NOT the boss!! He is supposed to be the LEADER. There is a huge difference and the hospital analogy is the closest we can find, that people will understand. Can you see Bill Oliver telling MD's they have to account for their time in fifteen-minute increments, the way SFT used to do profs on the Coast?

Of course the analogy is imperfect, in that docs are not really employees of the hospital, but if they were, woe betide the administrator who tried to micromanage like Thames does. Talk about herding cats! I've worked with MDs a good bit (LSU School of Medicine for one place) and I can tell you, they are hard to manage. They are trained relentlessly to accept final responsibility, to have the last word because they have to, to be the one where the buck stops, and people with that mindset do not "obey" very well. I think that applies to faculty to a certain extent as well.

Date: May 13, 2004

Dr. Charles E. Guice III
Ear, Nose & Throat and Facial Plastic Surgery, P.A.
P.O. Box 17829
Hattiesburg, MS 39404
Phone: 601-268-5131
Medical School: University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Internship: Tulane University School of Medicine
Residency: Tulane University School of Medicine

Date: May 13, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: tvscene
" Dr. Charles E. Guice IIIEar, Nose & Throat and Facial Plastic Surgery, P.A.P.O. Box 17829Hattiesburg, MS 39404Phone: 601-268-5131Medical School: University of Mississippi School of MedicineInternship: Tulane University School of MedicineResidency: Tulane University School of Medicine"

he didn't even attend Southern Miss? What right does he have to stick his ear, nose, or throat in our university?

Date: May 13, 2004

Is it this guy (pictured above) or his father?

Date: May 13, 2004

It might be the emeritus staff dr. (his grandfather?) listed below:

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EMERITUS STAFF

Charles P. Bass, Sr., M.D.
Family Medicine 8-1-88 – 8-31-98

Hubert F. Campbell, M.D.
Family Medicine 3-1-85 - 12-31-2001

Richard H. Clark, Jr., M.D.
General, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery 1961 – 6-30-1997
Founding physician

Dawson B. Conerly, M.D.
Surgery 1963 – 9-30-1984
Founding physician

Jack Daniel, M.D.
Urology 4-27-1985 - 5-31-1987
He started with the Urology Clinic 7-1-1956 and the Urology Clinic affiliated with Hattiesburg Clinic 4-27-1985.

Ernest G. Duck, M.D.
Family Medicine 7-1-87 – 6-30-98

Nollie C. Felts, Jr., M.D.
Family Medicine 1-1-90 – 7-28-92

Weston E. Folse, M.D.
Family Medicine 1-1-90 – 12-28-1990

Gerald P. Gable, M.D.
Internal Medicine 1963 – 12-31-1989
Founding physician

H. Lamar Gillespie, M.D.
OB-Gyn 1963 – 03-31-1999
Founding physician

Charles E. Guice, M.D.
General Surgery 1963 – 8-1-1991
Founding physician

Date: May 13, 2004

To "USM Student":

One cannot ascertain from this profile whether or not he attended USM. It only tells you where he attended med school, and did his ENT residency. USM has no med school or teaching hospital. However, as a Hattiesburg native, it's not inconceivable that he may have done his undergrad, pre-med work at USM.

I know nothing about this guy, but if he authored the letter in question (rather than his father or grandfather), his ignorance notwithwstanding, I'd say it was extremely foolish of him, from a PR/practice building standpoint, to pontificate in this manner. However, as a "member" of the medical profession, I don't find his comments surprising given that he's a surgeon, a species known for megalomania.

Date: May 13, 2004

I just put in a call to the doctor's office to determine whether he is indeed the author of the letter. If he is not, he should not be blamed; if he is, I would drop him if I were a patient there. He is treating a patient right now; his receptionist promised to get back in touch with me ASAP. I will let you know what (and when) I hear.

Date: May 13, 2004

I just received a phone call back from Dr. Guice's office stating emphatically that he is NOT the author of the notorious letter; he only writes medical articles.

Date: May 13, 2004

This is not a question that I believe will rank (as everything about the upper echelon is rank) libel or slander suits for the respondents, but what might be a short list of "not-to's" that I should avoid in Hattiesburg? I'm a newbie to USM but not a Thamatron, so I don't want to eat at a tyrant's buffet and sip from the cup of his vile imaginations. I'm not against people with diverse opinions or to those for which I do not agree, but I certainly don't want to aid the enemy in a time of peace. I appreciate your comments.

RA

Date: May 13, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: tvscene
"Is it this guy (pictured above) or his father?"

That's Chuck in the picture.

Date: May 13, 2004

Someone who IS a friend is Anne at Anne's Cleaners on West 4th street. She's been with the professors all along!

Date: May 13, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: indy eagle
"Someone who IS a friend is Anne at Anne's Cleaners on West 4th street. She's been with the professors all along! "

Wish we could get her to do some cleaning over in the Dome!

Date: May 13, 2004

Perhaps, in addition to T-shirts, we should produce signs saying "We support the USM Faculty" and ask store owners to put them in their windows in Hattiesburg and on the Coast. Then we would know where to shop.