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Practice Profile |
Changing Perspectives: From Transplant Surgery to Diabetes Primary Care
Editor’s note: In the "Practice Profiles" department of Clinical Diabetes, we spotlight clinicians who have chosen to dedicate a significant portion of their time to the care of patients with diabetes. Suggestions for clinicians to interview in the future are welcome and can be e-mailed to levetan@juno.com.
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When did you first become interested in entering the medical profession?
From as early an age as I can remember, I wanted to go into medicine. In fact, I can’t tell you just what started it, but by the time I moved literally into the shadow of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., at the age of 10, I was already certain that medicine had an appeal that I couldn’t find in any other profession.
Where did you grow up?
I was born in the rural town of Harmony, Minn., population less than 500, in the upstairs of an old house. My father, a Methodist minister, then moved us to an underserved area of North Minneapolis for about 6 years and then to Rochester, where I attended high school.
Where did you go to medical school and do your training?
I earned my bachelor of arts degree at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., and then attended the then-very-new Mayo Medical School.
Who were your role models in medicine?
Several of Mayo’s great doctors had been role models for me at a younger age, and I had a great deal of respect for many of the physicians who worked there. It fulfilled a real ambition of mine to be able to return to Rochester to learn from them.
You did some of your training overseas. How did that come about?
When I was in medical school at Mayo, I met Alison, an English premedical student doing a research clerkship there. We fell in love and got engaged as I completed my Halsted (surgery) residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md. We got married a year later and moved to Sheffield, England, so Alison could finish medical school.
What did you do in England with your medical training?
I initially got a job doing transplant research in the
What did you think about the health care system in England?
How did your transformation from transplant surgeon to family physician evolve?
How did you like practicing in a small town?
When did you begin doing diabetes work?
How has your unique background helped you become a champion of patients with diabetes?
What is the greatest thing you think a family practice resident should learn about the disease of diabetes?
What are your thoughts on the team approach to diabetes?
Where do you see a role for endocrinologists in the care of patients with diabetes?
What is the one thing about the American health care system you would most like to change?
What aspects of diabetes care do you believe may be overlooked?
What do you do on a daily basis?
How can we begin to get Americans focused on preventing type 2 diabetes?
Tell me about your involvement in professional organizations.
If we turned the clock ahead 20 years, what is your fantasy about where we’d be in the treatment of diabetes?
We’re still 20 years into the future. What do you see yourself doing personally and professionally?
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