Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgeon

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Ever since I was a little girl, I always dreamed of helping others, and one of the jobs that would allow me to do this would be being a pediatric cardiovascular surgeon. Along with it being my dream job since I was eight, people who can fill this jobs role will be in high demand by the time I graduate if America stays on it’s fast food heavy diet. Caught in the growing concern in the medical center over this decline of the American diet, I learned of all the bad effects fats in our favourite foods have on our bodies. This lead me to choose to become a cardiovascular surgeon so that I could help by surgically fixing life-threatening health problems affecting many people. For example,if someone had a plaque build up in their arteries

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