Diane D. Homan, M.D."Taking advantage of a gift…"
"I knew from the age of two, when I learned to talk, that someday I would become a doctor…"
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Illinois Dennis Hastert | |
Ann West, M.D."Following the Golden Rule!"
"I am a people-person who really likes science and helping people, so being a doctor combines both. The longer you practice, however, the more you understand that doctoring is an art as well as a science. My advice to young girls is 'if you want to make a difference, being a doctor is not easy, but it is certainly worth it!'"
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Illinois Dennis Hastert | |
Javette Orgain, M.D."Working for healthier families at home and abroad"
"When I was in college, I worked for a community organization, helping with their food coop and writing health articles for the newsletter. But I saw that the people needed more than food; that's what spurred me on. I love math and my mom told me to go into computers. But that's not what I wanted to do. I was absolutely interested in health and healing, and being an advocate for universal health care. That's why I went on to medical school."
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Illinois Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | |
Patricia Smith, M.D."Dedicated emergency room practitioner "
"The idea of being a family doctor in a small town always appealed to me..."
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Illinois John Shimkus | |
Virginia A. Caine, M.D."Dedicated defender of public health!"
"My uncle was a physician and my father a medic during World War II, plus he was chairman of the college biology department and a pre–med counselor. It was very powerful to watch my uncle treat his patients. They both encouraged my interest in medicine. And as an African–American, I was deeply moved by seeing our people not be able to get the level of specialty care that others got!"
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Indiana Julia Carson | |
Mercy Obeime, M.D."Serving the underserved, at home and abroad…"
"I always wanted to take care of people, to help people and being a doctor was the way I wanted to do that, plus a couple of doctors were friends of my family…"
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Indiana Julia Carson | |
Debra Litzelman, M.D."Leading medical educator and clinical teacher"
"I started out in psychology wanting to understand the workings of the human mind and the human body. When I became a physician, I knew I wanted to help others toward being physicians."
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Indiana Richard G. Lugar |