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A Dermatologist’s Summers
ur summers at the cottage lasted three to four weeks, depending on the year, and one thing I never fully appreciated at
Othe time was how my dad’s career as a dermatologist made those long breaks possible. Back then, his practice didn’t
require hospital on-call shifts or emergency care. It was focused on seeing patients in his office, treating skin diseases.
In Hamilton, there were only three dermatologists, and they had a system where they covered for each other during
vacations. It made me think, perhaps dermatology was the field to go into! No late-night emergencies or hospital rounds—
just a steady practice and time for family summers at the lake. Somehow, later events took me in another direction.
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