Repairing the World One Patient at a Time

People sometimes ask why I became a doctor. Certainly, there was the cultural expectation to succeed in one of the big three – medicine, law or the rabbinate – compounded by the firstborn dutifully following parental direction. But there was no personal exposure to illness or special role model. Rather, it started as a 12-year-old at summer camp as sports suddenly went beyond softball to include archery, canoeing and rock climbing; arts and crafts also meant photography, electronics and theatre.
Source: Pediatric Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research