At my graduation dinner, Dad slid my acceptance letter back across the table and said I would not be attending the seven-year BS/MD program I had earned a place in. – Welcome

move directly from undergraduate study into the affiliated medical school.

I had wanted to become a doctor since I was twelve.

My father ran Sloan Med-Pack, a company that manufactured sterile packaging for surgical centers and hospital suppliers. My mother, Monica, had helped grow it from twelve employees to nearly ninety.

Healthcare was our family business.continue reading …