AUTHOR=Fries Jochen Walter Ulrich 

TITLE=The Wish to Cure and the Curiosity to Investigate – Or How I Used My Life to Become a Physician-Scientist

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Medicine

VOLUME=Volume 2 - 2015

YEAR=2015

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2015.00009

DOI=10.3389/fmed.2015.00009

ISSN=2296-858X

ABSTRACT=Abstract
The author describes how he became a physician-scientist: difficulties he had to overcome coming from outside of the US (visa, funding, resident training), while experiencing the thrill of actively particiating in moving science. Setbacks, scientific success, adaptation to new developments, and the encounter of kindred spirits characterise this lifelong effort.