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Lara R. Harik

The Power List 2021 – Leading Roles


“Perhaps the biggest challenge I have overcome is learning to accept failure,” says Lara. “As medical doctors, we are taught to try our hardest not to fail. This way of thinking can carry over to professional career advancement and progression. I now tell my trainees and junior colleagues, ‘If you have not failed, you have not risked enough!’” As Assistant Professor of Pathology, Director of the Genitourinary Rotation, and Co-Director of PEACE (Partnership of Emory and Africa for Cancer and Education) at Emory University School of Medicine, Lara has plenty of opportunities to help trainees turn failures into successes!


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