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Cardiovascular Surgeon, Baptist health Medical Center “A life worth living is one where each day is an opportunity to leave the world a little better than we found it. It’s about finding satisfaction and fulfillment in our work, knowing that what we do makes a meaningful contribution to others. For those of us in medicine, this often means helping people not only prolong their lives but also improve the quality of those lives. By teaching them how to care for their most precious asset—their hea

Orthopedic Spine Surgeon “When reflecting on the qualities that define a good person, a good patient, and a good doctor, I believe the ability to listen without judgment is paramount. A good person is one who listens to others with empathy and an open mind, not allowing biases to cloud their understanding of another’s experiences. Similarly, a good doctor listens attentively to their patients, taking into account the full context of their lives before providing guidance. On the other hand, a go

Assistant Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health Humanitas University "Medicine is a discipline of care, and often, we are not able to cure but must limit ourselves to treating. However, care, taking responsibility, and sharing in suffering are fundamental elements that help the patient understand, and when necessary, learn to live with the illness and face death, the latter being an inevitable condition for all living beings. There have been many cases where I have observed how a

"The first time I put into practice the knowledge I gained at school was in this laboratory. Reflecting on the countless hours spent here diagnosing diseases since 2019, I cannot forget every single person whose life path crossed with mine through the blue door of this hospital, the Wema Maternity Hospital in Kawangware. Some faces remain vividly etched in my memory, and some of their stories are impossible to erase. I clearly remember a child walking into the lab, firmly holding his mother's h

Transplant Surgeon Professor at Humanitas University Rozzano, Italy After completing my specialization in General Surgery, I moved to New York, where I began performing abdominal organ transplants at Mount Sinai Hospital. It wasn't the hospital's astonishing technology, the intense work pace, or the organization that caught my attention, but rather the approach to patients, the way doctors and patients communicated, and the centrality of the patient. Patients would arrive at the hospital with a

"My first motorcycle accident dates back to 2020, a year already complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic. With two small children at home, including a newborn just two months old, dealing with the aftermath of the accident was a challenge. I stayed in the hospital for more than a month and a half due to a displaced open fracture after a car failed to yield and hit my right leg directly, damaging my tibia and fibula. After an emergency surgery, I had a long recovery ahead with an external stabilize

Director, Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA Professor of Anatomy & Pathological Histology Department of Medical Biotechnology, University of Siena Philadelphia, (PA) USA "For centuries, faith and science have been like two actors sharing a stage, influencing each other throughout history. As Einstein said, religion, spirituality, and science coexist and influence each other, forming a kind of intertwining over time. This connection

“Life, for me, is magic. A continuously evolving journey, full of surprises that only we can manage. The secret lies in living it to the fullest. However, throughout my existence, life has not always been magical. ‘There is nothing that is not an intermediate state between being and nothingness,’ Hegel used to say. And he was right. In beauty, I have indeed found ugliness, sadness, and shocking revelations. I have endured many family and personal hardships. I have known the real meaning of loss

"Why my mother left, then, I will never know. I have spent endless hours asking God for an explanation as to why He needed to take her away from me so soon. I still need her in my life – I wasn’t ready to let her go so soon. There were still so many things we wanted to do together in this life and so many topics to talk about. If I had known that the time with her would be so short, I would have hugged her a little longer, spent more time with her, opened up about many more things, and shared mo

"In our preclinical years, before we ever talk to a patient, we first talk among ourselves and then with actors playing the patients. It’s hard! No one tells you how challenging and complex it is to have a conversation that sounds normal with someone while you simultaneously need to gather information, advise them on their problems, and develop a treatment plan. It seems that such a primary and simple part of being human, namely having a conversation, has suddenly become much more difficult. Yet

"After two years of medical studies, after countless hours spent reviewing lecture notes and exhaustively practicing for anatomy exams, I realize that the knowledge of the human condition is as important, if not more important, than understanding physiology. This realization first dawned on me through my various university experiences. The bold words ‘INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RELATIONS’ etched above the entrance of the Yale School of Medicine remind me that we are more than just scientists. We are als

"The first time I visited a hospital, I was 11 years old. Despite my mother having been hospitalized several times before, my parents tried to keep my sister and me away for as long as possible. But that day, there was going to be the hospital admission that would mark the end of all admissions: my mother was receiving a new kidney. I wasn’t bothered by the cacophony of alarms, beeps, and cries. The only thing I could see was my mother. The transplant was successful, but unbeknownst to everyone