Valerie Donaldson (MD)
Right before starting medical school at Rush Medical College in Chicago, Illinois, an older ENT surgeon gave me some advice that has played a critical role in my practice of medicine. He said, “Dr. Donaldson, understand that 50 percent of what you learn in medical school will be wrong, and it is your job as a physician to figure out which 50 percent that is.” And so I adopted that as my guide during medical school and beyond. Although it has been difficult at times to go against the masses of traditional medicine to decipher and maintain the “truths” in medicine, I can’t do anything but practice the truth of what I know.
