While discussing his perspective with me, my mentor, Dr. Patrick Archie, expressed numerous times that the workload is very high and that maintaining one’s own health can be difficult at times. I am aware that my selected path will be demanding and that my determination will be tried along the way. But I also believe that helping people will be worth it. The feeling of sacrificing time and energy for the well being of others is one of the most rewarding I can imagine. To me, this transforms the act into one which benefits the provider perhaps as much as the patient. I consider it a privilege to be able to help people and do good in the world, despite the personal …show more content…
And their efforts have not been without successes. The other oncologist with whom I’ve spent a great deal of time, Dr. Patrick Archie, worked closely with Dr. Brian Druker, whose work has resulted in one of these successes. Gleevec has helped patients with leukemia and other cancers, in situations that otherwise would have been futile, and serves as an exemplar of the critical importance of applying evidence-based medicine. It would be the greatest honor I can imagine to be a part of the driving force behind this type of human