MEET LOCAL LEGENDS: By Medical Specialty

"The biggest challenge now in cardiology is making women aware of the risks of heart attack and stroke. We've created awareness with men; now we need to do the same for women."

"Growing up, I was surrounded by doctors and the study of medicine. I couldn't help but be affected by my family's enthusiasm for the subject."

"Dr Cardwell lived one of the most interesting and helpful lives imaginable. Being a pioneer woman physician she was met everywhere with opposition by men physicians so she was compelled to fight her way to prominence by sheer merit."

"I had to make a decision about becoming a doctor at 17 years of age because of the unusual program I would be in-six years for a bachelor's degree and an MD. We took our undergraduate arts courses during the summers; it was really intense. But I wanted to be a doctor"

"Both of my parents are doctors–pathologists, so that had a significant impact on me; I grew up around it. I was always interested in helping people and wanted to care for patients."

"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."

"I decided to become a doctor after I had already begun a career as a medical technologist."