军事服务提供“偶然的礼物”

经验和价值观形状职业和患者护理

BY William Fitzgerald

伊丽莎白Mittendorf，M.D.，Ph.D.和Na Qiao，Ph.D.，研究科学家，审查了乳腺癌患者疫乐动体育LDsports中国苗研究的最新成绩。照片：John Everett

Craig Kovitz, M.D., is happy to see patients closer to their homes at the Regional Care Center in the Bay Area. Photo: F. Carter Smith

除非您问道，否则您不知道，但对于选择在武装部队中花时间的选择组，有共同的特征和消费，影响他们所做的大部分。甚至在他们的服务结束后甚至几年，这些属性仍然讲述了他们是谁的事情。

Craig Kovitz，M.D.，助理教授MD Anderson’s Department of General Oncology and stationed atMD Anderson’s Regional Care Center in the Bay Area, joined the Air Force after graduating from college to secure funding for medical school. Like other military branches, the Air Force supports education in exchange for active duty service upon completion of a degree.

2001年9月，Kovitz驻扎在密西西比州的Keesler空军基地，作为内科居住的助理主任。这是这个职位，让一系列领导技能诞生，后来在巴基斯坦和阿富汗坚固的地形中磨练，因为美国战争努力升空。

“我有机会在我的职业生涯中提前有领导职位，我认为这让你成为一个具有更大观点的人，”克维茨说。“事实是，直到你踏入一个立即危险的世界，不可能了解你成熟的速度。”

Service leads to opportunity

在由几乎不断冲突的环境中，在压力下学习功能是生存的关键之一。2002年，Kovitz发现了巴基斯坦雅各布巴德，作为医疗指挥官和唯一的医生在一个小型前瞻性工作基地。学习以较少和强迫迎接挑战的人，是证明有价值的殖民地的情况。

After returning home and completing his medical fellowship, Kovitz decided to help lead a newMD Andersonventure in establishing regional care centers located around the Houston metro area. Admittedly, engaging in this uncharted expansion was risky, but with his wartime experience, it was just another adventure.

“我可以几乎可以在任何地方采取工作，并且在某种程度上，这是你职业生涯中的风险，才能花费时间和这个主动措施，但我没有被它暗示，”克维茨说。“我认为军事经验给了我进入社区的自信，并开始建立新的做法。”

对未来成功的准备至关重要

伊丽莎白Mittendorf，M.D.，Ph.D.，手术肿瘤部助理教授，在类似情况下发现自己，加入了向医学院提供资金。继2001年9月11日之后，Mittendorf于2001年9月11日驻扎在华盛顿州华盛顿沃尔特芦苇医疗中心，驻扎在部署给阿富汗的军医腾出的职位，以支持持久自由。

在她四年的服务期间，她来欣赏严格的军事环境，学会解决不同类型的创伤伤，同时成熟作为外科医生。

“All of us had trauma training in our residency programs, but, in the military, we dealt with a population of patients who had injuries from IED’s (improvised explosive devices) and other mechanisms we hadn’t seen before,” Mittendorf says.

Ironically, serving at Walter Reed Medical Center was where Mittendorf discovered her interest in breast cancer. The hospital has the largest breast center within the Department of Defense, and, while not large by MD Anderson standards, was a significant opportunity in her career development.

“这是一个为一个人和一位外科医生为我的后续准备的人和一个外科医生为期四年MD Andersonfellowship and faculty position,” she says. “The skills I developed in the military come into play almost every day, and they’ve helped me build my clinical practice and academic program.”

在为国家提供新的机会的同时，无疑将其作为医生的能力，Kovitz和Mittendorf很快就指出了军事服务也使他们成为更好的人。

梅兰德夫说：“在牺牲超越措施而不是升值的情况下，不可能度过一天的人，这是不可能的。

在后威尔，Kovitz发现他在他的服务时没有意识到他没有意识到。

“Being in the Air Force was an accidental gift in some ways,” he says. “I joined for a different purpose, but I will tell people for the rest of my life that it was the most important experience I’ve ever had.”