Lol. I really felt for that patient. You would imagine a PE teacher being the last person on earth to need heart surgery.
I don't recall, thank god, having a conversation with any of the surgeons that operated on me just before the surgery. A few jabs by the anaesthetist and Goodnight Vienna . I have had three major ops and I couldn't tell what any of the theatres looked like either.
Just got back from hospital where I saw a vascular consultant. An extremely pleasant young man. He looked very much similar to your surgeon and Mr Bean. It was hard not to smile.