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toward a medical career. He was even accepted to the prestigious Juilliard School. But the medical school application process didn’ t go smoothly- a clerical error nearly derailed his path to medicine.“ I was a premed major and a pretty serious musician. During the early days of online applications, a technical error meant my application never went through.”
The error was eventually discovered and corrected and he decided to go to medical school.“ It all worked out in the end.”
Medicine became his profession, but music stayed with him. Even in medical school, he toured nationally with bands. He still writes, records, and performs while leading one of Virginia’ s largest regional health systems.“ I’ ve started a new project and I’ m recording an album where I play everything except the drums. I handle the bass, guitar, vocals, and the rest myself.”
People gravitate toward authenticity. I’ ve always believed in authentic leadership and simply being myself
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