I decided to become a surgeon named Bernie who writes books and gives seminars to teach people what he has learned and is still learning about how to deal with life's difficulties.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I wanted to be a surgeon, possibly influenced by the qualities of our family doctor who cared for our childhood ailments.
My dad was a surgeon in Egypt. He was a general surgeon. As a little boy I always admired what he was doing, and I wanted to do surgery.
My dad was a doctor and surgeon. He was the fifth generation of his family to become a doctor.
At heart, I'm a reconstructive surgeon.
I wanted to be a brain surgeon, but I had a bad habit of dropping things.
As 17th U.S. Surgeon General, I was privileged to serve as the nation's doctor. I focused much of my time on promoting proven programs and individual steps that lead to good health.
I'm so glad I didn't become a doctor, because I do more than any doctor can do. I am an administrator, a CEO, doctor, psychiatrist, an activist, a campaign funder. I think I did well.
I was going to go to school to become a neurological surgeon.
Although I liked especially physics and mathematics for which I had considerable talent, I decided to study medicine. This profession had for me a strong emotional appeal, which was reinforced by having an uncle who was an excellent surgeon.
I grew up in a scientific world, the son of a neurosurgeon.
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