TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Preface A1 - Epner, Daniel E. Y1 - 2022 N1 - T2 - Empathy: Real Stories to Inspire and Enlighten Busy Clinicians AB - I REMEMBER SITTING in a large auditorium for an introductory biology course as a Stanford undergraduate in 1979 on the day when an esteemed member of the faculty named Paul Berg was scheduled to give the lecture. A black wooden captain’s chair emblazoned with the Stanford logo awaited his arrival at center stage. Just as class was about to begin, I felt the unholy sensation of the earth moving in waves beneath me as a large chandelier swayed menacingly overhead. Not knowing what was happening, I nervously looked at my friend Bill in the seat next to me. Bill was raised in California, so he just shrugged and matter-of-factly said, “Earthquake,” as I silently prayed for the chandelier above us to remain attached to the ceiling. A few moments later, Dr. Berg sat in that elegant chair as he described his lab group’s success at cloning a gene for the first time, a discovery for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1980. That minor earthquake paled in comparison to Dr. Berg’s earth-shattering discovery, which ushered in the era of molecular genetics and created a tectonic shift in medical science. I quickly became enthralled by stories of scientific discovery and vowed to join the molecular genetic revolution. I spent 20 hours per week in a research lab during my final 2 years of college and experienced the thrill of discovery for the first time. My career trajectory was set: I would be a physician-scientist. SN - PB - McGraw Hill LLC CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/10 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1190085554 ER -