Writers/Novelist/Doctors

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>This is my life's goal, in a nutshell. Anyone know of a notable person who has done these things?</p>

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<p>Tons. Gawande, Nuland, Verghese, to name just a few. Plus Gerritsen and Crichton. I think Groopman is an MD as well.</p>

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<p>Physician writers? It’s a very long list.
[Physician</a> writer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physician_writer]Physician”>Physician writer - Wikipedia)</p>

<p>Interesting article on writer/physicians:
<a href=“http://www.pw.org/content/writers_doctor’s_definitely[/url]”>http://www.pw.org/content/writers_doctor’s_definitely</a></p>

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<p>Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.</p>

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<p>^Can’t believe I forgot that one. Yeesh.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the info. That article was a good read as well. Are you considering any writing, Bluedevilmike? You seem well versed on the subject.</p>

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<p>Ahhh, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle—my idol :D</p>

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<p>Khaled Hosseini, the guy who wrote the Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, was also a practicing physician up to about a year before the release of the Kite Runner.</p>

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<p>william carlos williams</p>

<p>and man, michael crichton’s a scrub. don’t be like him OP.</p>

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<p>because the creator of jurassic park is surely a scrub…</p>