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I was certified in high school while living in the Los Angeles area. I was a competitive swimmer and water polo player through high school. I dived actively, mostly shore diving in LA, Orange, and San Diego Counties with occasional trips to Catalina for the decade while I finished high school, college, and medical school. I did not dive for 15 years (married, moved to Oregon, residency and fellowship training, children, moved to Pennsylvania, medical school faculty...). I was recertified with my son when he turned 12, we've been diving together for 12 years now. My wife was certified with my daughter when she turned 12, the whole family has been diving together for 7 years now. We try to dive as a family as much as we can, more often now it's my wife and me as my children are increasingly independent. I also dive by myself whenever business travel provides the opportunity.
Location
Philadelphia, PA
Occupation
Physician, Infectious Diseases
Gender
Male
Certification Agencies
LA County Underwater Unit, PADI
Dive History
Grand Cayman, Key Largo, Jupiter & Boynton, Bonaire, Oahu, Maui, Cozumel, Costa Rica, San Diego, and Turks & Caicos/Providenciales.
I understand. Lot of pressure now on academic guys to publish AND bring in practice dollars. Ours is structured the other way around. We have a huge private practice (Texas Oncology, affiliated with US Oncology) which pays the bills, and we get to publish as we feel like it. We actually have more good studies in private practice than we did at the university center. However, with the shrinking reimbursements, private practice is also going to get tougher.
Accordingly, scuba is what keeps me sane because I don't think about medicine and business when I'm underwater.
So, you are an ID guy from Philly. I did my medicine residency and Heme/Onc fellowship in Hershey. My wife and I loved our years in Pennsylvania. Some of our best memories. Loved Philly, too, when we got the chance to visit.
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