The Productive Years: “The Diesel Effect”

Abstract

The editor asked me for “my particular perspective” in becoming an emergency physician/educator/innovator/traveler. First disclaimer: I am an emergency physician – residency trained and board certified – so my perspective may not apply to other critical care specialists. Second disclaimer: I was incredibly lucky, finding opportunities and mentors along the way that I can only wish for others. And third disclaimer: my wife and I decided early in our relationship that we did not want children; this decision made it possible for me to do many things that people raising a family would never be able to do.