What a great career that must be. Thanks for taking care of our kids.
Paul

> Rick Womer wrote:
>> I haven't chimed in yet, largely because my chosen
>> occupation has kept me really busy lately (there are
>> 570-odd unread PDML messages in my mailbox, too!).
>>
>> I'm a physician, specifically a pediatrician, and
>> still more specifically a pediatric oncologist.  Yeah,
>> I know, what a drag--a friend and colleague said that
>> when she told people her specialty at cocktail parties
>> it was "like dropping a turd in the punchbowl."
>
>> I really like what I do, though.  I -never- have a
>> boring day, we can cure most of our patients, and even
>> when cure is out of reach we can make things better
>> for them and their families.  And, the thrill of
>> getting Christmas cards and baby pictures from
>> grown-up kids I treated 5 or 10 or 20 years ago is
>> wonderful.
>
>
>> From the time I was in high school, I wanted to be an
>> academic physician--patient care, teaching, and
>> research--and that is exactly what I'm doing.  So I
>> consider myself very, very fortunate, in that way and
>> many others.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Rick
>


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