The other things that made it possible was how wonderfully supportive I found other residents, nurses, supervisors. I've done much more significant things than you've done. But I had to stifle that. You could only do this because you already had a medical degree. I would not recommend that anyone try that.
Medical schools have an obligation to society.
It's a very expensive process to prepare someone, and they want to feel that when they turn someone out there is a chance of a relatively productive, long career. I was very grateful that North Shore had no hesitation. Q. You interned at New York Hospital's Westchester division. I did six months there as part of my program at North Shore in 1996. We were given an elective for the last year, and I chose to do it in community psychiatry because it was akin to what I had done before, and it seemed to make some sense to try to build on some of my past experiences.