Dr. Singer uses his personal experience as a surgeon to define success–and failure. Your circumstances do not dictate your success. Successful people bring success to everything they do. Success comes to people who are too busy to be looking for it.

At the time of this talk, Raymond L. Singer was on the medical staff at Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) as a cardiothoracic surgeon. He had been with the hospital since 1992 and was the Physician in Chief for the LVHN Institute for Special Surgery. He is the former Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Vice Chair of Quality and Patient Safety for the Department of Surgery.

Dr. Singer has served as the Chair of the Department of Surgery Quality Committee and the Surgical Director for the Charles Chrin Regional Heart and Vascular Center. Dr. Singer currently serves on the Executive Council of the Air Products Center for Connected Care and Innovation and the LVHN Board of Trustees Development Committee. He is a Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of South Florida College of Medicine. Beyond his professional affiliations, Dr. Singer takes an active role in the Lehigh Valley community.

Dr. Singer is a member of the Board of Directors for Health Network Laboratories, in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He is a Past-President of the Pennsylvania Association for Thoracic Surgery and Past-President of the Lehigh County Medical Society. Dr. Singer is a member of the Muhlenberg College, President’s Advisory Council, and has served on the College’s Board of Trustees, as well as the Board of Trustees of Congregation Keneseth Israel in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx