Fowles is a cardiologist who first knew President Nelson when he served as his stake president. Later, Fowles was offered a position at the LDS Hospital, where President Nelson worked. “The thing that distinguished the operating room of Dr. Russell Nelson was calmness,” he said. President Howard W. Hunter asked if a friend could join him for his heart surgery; that friend was President Nelson. “A scientist, a reasoned, objective, practical man with a soft heart of gold, affectionate, cherishing family and family relationships, cherishing people, cherishing patients,” he said.