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Happy St. Patty’s Day! What’s something lucky that makes you think about healthcare?

Takeaway

The blessings in disguise of personal hardships and our CLOSLER community.

Passion in the Medical Profession | March 13, 2020 | <1 min read

Highlights

I am thankful for the blessings of a life relatively free of suffering but also for the personal hardships I have faced, without which I would not be as valuable a doctor to my patients or teacher to my students.

Margaret Chisolm, MD, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Patients give me bobbleheads as gifts. It started with a doctor bobblehead a patient gave me that I put on my desk and it's grown to a collection of over 15. I point out to patients that when it comes to health, bobbleheads only say yes to exercising and eating well. 

Mike Fingerhood, MD, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Happy Early St. Patty's Day to all in our CLOSLER community. While we all may be feeling anxious about everything going on right now, I feel lucky to see such profound collaborations to try to help us keep our communities healthy and safe.

Scott Wright, MD, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Margaret Chisolm, MD, Johns Hopkins Medicine

My own life has been mostly free of the challenges that so many of my patients have confronted on a daily basis. This is a matter of unearned fortune, nothing more. I am thankful for the blessings of a life relatively free of suffering but also for the personal hardships I have faced, without which I would not be as valuable a doctor to my patients or teacher to my students. It is from my sufferings—my brother’s suicide, my own depression among them—that I’ve learned much about being a good physician, and for that I am grateful.

Mike Fingerhood, MD, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Patients give me bobbleheads as gifts. It started with a doctor bobblehead a patient gave me that I put on my desk and it’s grown to a collection of over 15. I point out to patients that when it comes to health, bobbleheads only say yes to exercising and eating well.

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Scott Wright, MD, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Happy St. Patty’s Day to all in our CLOSLER community. I’ve been walking around and staring down searching for a four leaf clover so that I can make a wish for our current circumstances to end soon. While we all may be feeling anxious about everything going on right now, I feel lucky to see such profound collaborations to try to help us keep our communities healthy and safe.

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