4 Topic Commentaries

My Mentoring Inspiration: My Mother

My Mentoring Inspiration: My Mother

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  Caroline Jones, PhD

  Immunoengineering/Bioengineering

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  University of Texas at Dallas

  My mother was a high school math teacher, so I had that role model growing up.

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  Markita Landry, PhD

  Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering/Nanotechnology

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  University of California, Berkeley

  I was indirectly exposed to science growing up because my mom was in computer science, but I think moving to the United States is what made me very interested in it.

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  Erica I. Hodgman, MD

  Pediatric Surgery/Burn Surgery

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  Johns Hopkins Children’s Center

  My mother clearly gave me the idea of becoming a pediatric surgeon.

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  Ashish M. Kamat, MD, MBBS, FACS

  Urologic Oncology

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  The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

  My mother inspired me to be the best at whatever I desired to be, and she told me to shoot for the stars. She didn’t have a formal education, but she has heaps of street smarts. When she learned I wanted to become a surgeon, she told me to take care of my patients as I would take care of my family and all would be well. This is what I use as my driving force when I make treatment recommendations and surgical decisions.

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