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BECOMING A PHYSICIAN Previous Volume 359:224-227 July 17, 2008 Number 3 Next

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When I was growing up, my parents wanted me to become a doctor, but I had other ideas. I wanted to be a television journalist, or perhaps a trial lawyer or private investigator — something with panache. In college, intoxicated by the mysteries of the universe, I ended up studying condensed-matter physics, in which I eventually earned a Ph.D. But after a close friend contracted an incurable illness, I began to have doubts about my career path. Seeking a profession of tangible purpose — like many older students — I was drawn to medicine.

When I entered medical school at . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Dr. Jauhar is director of the Heart Failure Program at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, and an assistant professor of medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.

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