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As a member of the Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians, Dan Calac grew up on the Pauma Indian reservation in southern California. His medical visits during childhood took place at the Indian Health Service clinic that served his tribal community, which included many elders who lived in mountainous areas with no running water or electricity. Encouraged by his mother — a nurse at the clinic — Calac dreamed of becoming a physician, although he had never met a Native American doctor.

Calac encountered many obstacles on his journey toward medical school. He didn't know any physicians who could serve as . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Dr. Sequist is director of the Harvard Medical School Four Directions Summer Research Program and instructor in medicine and health care policy in the Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, and the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital — both in Boston.

An interview with Dr. Sequist and Dr. Calac can be heard at www.nejm.org.

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