My Life as an InternistGastroenterologist and other adventures

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My Life as an Internist/Gastroenterologist(and
other adventures)

• Bill Johnson, MD

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Serendipity

• N. A Persian tale The Three Princes of
  Serendip an apparent aptitude for making
  accidental fortunate discoveries.

Kids, dont try this at home.
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Washington Island, Wisconsin
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My Father Asks that Question that Strikes Fear in
the Heart of any Adolescent

• Son what do you want to be when you grow up?

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Frogman
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I Wasnt a Very Good Student
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College
University of Wisconsin
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I Wanted to Go Some Place Exotic
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Medical School
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I Was Going to be a Surgeon
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Residency
Dr Sabiston Duke University
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This Visiting Professor Comes to Town
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Fellowship 1
Dr. Fred Kern
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The Berry Plan - 1968
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The Grayback
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Much to My Fathers Dismay
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Frogman
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After Southeast Asia I needed a Break
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Periche, Nepal
Dr Peter Hackett
High Altitude Clinic
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American Samoa
LBJ Tropical Medical Center
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Micronesia was Neat Because
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Frogman
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Now it was Time to get a Job
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Faculty Job 1
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
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Now I needed a Break
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Taos, NM
Taos rock climbing back country skiing
river running
POVERTY
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I began to Miss Academics
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Fellowship 2
UCSF/Stanford Medical Anthropology
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Now I was Really Broke
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Tonopah, Nevada
Not the end of the world but you can see it from
here
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After Several Years of Delivering Babies,
Stabilizing Trauma Patients, etc.

• I took a sabbatical

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Flagstaff, Arizona
The Movable Forest
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Does This Equation Look Familiar?

• Flagstaff minimal wage job rock climbing
  back country skiing mountain biking POVERTY

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Faculty Job 2
1989 - 2009
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My Father

• Passed away on May 30, 2004 at age 92
• Was practicing medicine until 6 weeks before he
  died
  
• Practiced in the same community for 67 years
• Reflections

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Academics

• Scientist
• Clinical Educator
• Clinician
• Administrator

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Do You Know Why the Infighting is so Vicious in
Academia??

• Because the stakes are so low!!

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Serendipity

• N. A Persian tale The Three Princes of
  Serendip an apparent aptitude for making
  accidental fortunate discoveries.