Personal History
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GOLF: Its Social Relevance is Underweighted
GOLF—all the other “four-letter words” were taken! Every golfer has heard that phrase, especially in reference to the maddening, frustrating…
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WHY I LEFT SOLO PRACTICE.
In the “Back to Indiana: Deciding to Practice in Indiana” blog, I mentioned I left solo practice after 23 years…
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MEDICAL SCHOOL: How does it prepare you?
After all the years of education, both academic and clinical, the end point arrives when its time to be on…
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STARTING PRACTICE: 1974
When a doctor begins practice, he doesn’t just find an office, put up a sign, and wait for patients to…
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DECIDING TO PRACTICE IN INDIANA: 1974
As I mentioned in a previous blog, mid-way through my first year of residency, I/we decided to move back to…
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THE U.S. AIR FORCE AND DR. G
In my “Internship” blog I referred to the doctor draft. In the years before and during the Viet Nam war,…
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CHOOSING AN INTERNSHIP
Internships still existed when I was in medical school. An internship was akin to a tradesman’s apprenticeship. For one year…
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MEDICAL SCHOOL YEAR 4: 1968-1969
Prior to the beginning of my fourth year, Indiana University raised medical school tuition more than 100%. After paying $350…
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MED SCHOOL YEAR THREE 1967-1968
The third year of med school was divided into quarters, not semesters. I had one quarter off so in the…
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MEDICAL SCHOOL IN THE 60’S: 1965-1966
I started medical school just after Labor Day in 1965. Fifty-five and a half years ago, a lot of things…
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