No matter the profession, everyone wishes they could go back in time and provide sage wisdom to their younger selves to help ease the path that awaits them. It’s no different in medicine. We recently asked members of the Medical Economics Editorial Advisory Board and our 200-physician member Reader Reactor Panel what they would say to their younger selves in medical school or residency about medicine. Wayne Chen, MD Geriatrics Los Angeles, California (Chen serves as medical director of managed care for Alignment Health, a Medicare Advantage plan) Susan P. Osborne, DO Family medicine Floyd, Virginia Joseph E. Scherger, MD, MPH Family medicine Rancho Mirage, California Elizabeth Seymour, MD Family medicine Denton, Texas Steven Horvitz DO Family medicine Moorestown, New Jersey Jeffrey Kagan, MD Internal medicine Newington, Connecticut Kagan Steven Thau, MD Pulmonologist Stamford, Connecticut Thau Allan Purdie, MD Family medicine Rome, Georgia John Bakos, MD/PhD Internal medicine / pediatrics Sacramento, California Source
