The Surgeon Who Swapped Scalpel for Chisel” – Rediscovering Joy

Name: Luke , 65
Before: Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
After: Sculptor and art-in-residency facilitator for medical students

For decades, Luke operated with precision, discipline, and care. But beneath the scrubs was a hidden artist—the boy who once carved animals from driftwood. When he stepped away from surgery, he didn’t “retire.” He returned. To himself. Re-inspirement. Now, Luke creates abstract sculptures inspired by the human form and runs workshops on “hands that heal, hands that shape” for future doctors.

“All those years I sculpted bone. Now I sculpt beauty. I’ve traded sterility for soul.”

Key theme: Returning to a neglected passion, creative reinvention, the healing power of art.