Not sure where Dr. Dugi rates on the Surgeries. I am sure he's a good surgeon, OHSU generally has good doctors. But that wasn't why Phil has him as a surgeon. Dr. Dugi is pretty much the only one in the area (Last I heard pretty much anywhere on the West Coast, or at least Oregon/Washington) that will accept the rates that OHP (oregon Obamacare) will offer for the surgery. Which is substantially less than the usual cost of the Surgery. It's like a write off for OHSU, as they are involved in all sorts of charity work, and public outreach, ect. He's also pretty new to the surgery, I forget what his specialty was prior, but a few years ago he got trained to perform it just so OHSU had someone that could actually do it. He's far from the best Surgeon alive. Idk who that is, but he's probably in Thailand. I'm sure in Phil's mind, anything he gets for free is the best standard, a gift from the heavens.