Medicine Science and Dreams The Making of Physician-Scientists
Physician-scientists are unusual creatures. While we are drawn to the clinical challenges of our patients, we are also drawn to the opportunities that our patients’ medical problems bring to science. This book contains the unique experiences and encounter
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David A. Schwartz, MD Editor
Medicine Science and Dreams The Making of Physician-Scientists
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Editor David A. Schwartz, MD National Jewish Health 1400 Jackson St. Denver, CO 80206 USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-90-481-9537-4 e-ISBN 978-90-481-9538-1 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-9538-1 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010937017 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover illustration: Photo 1. The late Mark Feinberg (age 15) and brother Andy (age 11) with their mathematics projects for the central Pennsylvania Science Fair. Photo 2. Laurie Glimcher in 1953. Photo 3. The officers of the East Meadow High School (1970–1971) student Government Organization (left to right): The Late Larry Grabin, David Schwartz, and Jesse Reece. Photo 4. Jeffrey Murray examining a child in the Philippines. Photo 5. Bart Haynes with Dhaval Patel (left) a Duke MD-PhD graduate and rheumatology fellow who trained with Dr. Haynes. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
To my entire family, especially my eternally supportive parents Jane and Sol Schwartz, my devoted wife and confidante Louise Sparks, and my unpredictable and amazing children Tziporah, Samuel, and Kiera, whose unwavering belief in me has encouraged me to dream.
Preface
I’ve always wondered what pushes or pulls people toward one career or another. Life choices make for life consequences, but what goes into these choices? The daily encounters, chance meetings, and derived opportunities, combined with the inherent individual values and attributes, allow one to weave through this complex maze of choices and settle on a life theme. While the fortune (or misfortune) of our families can, and oftentimes does, affect the breadth of our experiences, shape our values, and affect the scope of our options, I have been impressed that chance encounters with people outside the family have also shaped my values and have had a profound effect on my personal career opportunities and choices. In fact, these chance encounters do not represent random unrelated events but rather are influenced by a number of social, economic, geographic, cultural, and genetic factors that are integrally related to and derivative of each other. Despite this complexity, these daily, seemingly unrelated encounters serve to shape and reshape our lives, some events having far more impact than others. It is these encounters and experiences that compose the stepping stones of our careers and that create traction and direction in our lives that I would like to explore as a way of understanding what
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