Cardiologist Personal Statement

Since my childhood, my father 's inspirational recounts as a cardiologist have captured my heart and my interest. While some have tried to sway me from becoming a doctor by noting the grim specter of health care reform looming overhead, I have found myself eager to participate in the public health care debate for the very same reasons I am drawn to enter the medical profession itself. In addressing society 's urgent need for a more efficient and equitable health care system, health care reform centers around working to care and working to cure. To me, these two fundamental tenets infuse the medical profession like no other profession and serve as my principal motivations for pursuing this path. Through my experiences in academic exploration and community service, I have learned that I enjoy both …show more content…
All jobs, in their own way, contribute to society, and quite a few involve the establishment of personal relationships, including teaching. But to me, only one profession also has the dynamism of continuous intellectual exploration—medicine. In an era in which rapid technological progress and health care reform continuously transform the study, practice, and ethics of medicine, working to cure requires a passion for learning and discovery, and I have found that I thrive on this intellectual exploration. For me, it is a wonderful feeling to make an intellectual leap and manage to land feet first upon a convincing conclusion, or to be able to weave once disparate pieces of information into a coherent synthesis, and, after stepping back to observe the big picture, to be able to trace the pivotal themes running throughout. The moment of realization that, through time and effort, an enigma has been solved and my vision has been deepened and expanded, is a great thrill which never fails to leave me thirsting for the next