title: A surgeon leads the Senate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007-2197, USA. pentecom@gunet.georgetown.edu
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Pentecost
mesh_terms: D035082:Federal Government / Q000266:history*; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D007857:Leadership; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history*; D011057:Politics; D013714:Tennessee