I knew I wanted to become a doctor when I had finished spending a year in Israel, and I went
there thinking I might become a rabbi. And then I determined that I was going to broaden my scope of
working with people and trying to help them. This year it's been interesting. I've had four cases
that very readily could have been dismissed as being "oh the patient's fine; they're normal." All
the testing came out normal. There was just these very, very, very subtle findings or labs that
were just not quite right. And I then made the determination to get really aggressive about the
patient's management, and they were life-saving in every instance. So we had four of those this
year. Very atypical symptoms. Testings normal. So I really felt like I made a life-saving effort in
those patients. In practicing at the Heart Center, it's an amazing group of people I get to work with
every day; and they're outstanding people. They're just amazing people so that I get to have this
team. And then we have a little bit more of an extension with Dr. Winget who has been a part of
our team. He's at the University of Vermont. Dr. Greenberg comes in and takes care of patients.
And the company you keep is a great part of how you enjoy every day and that goes for our entire
staff. So I have these highly skilled nurses that I work with; and the compassion that the staff
has, our front office staff, our billing people, our coding people, our technical people that do
the testing with us, everyone is on the same page and uniformly dedicated to the task at hand. This
is a wonderful community, Rutland. I mean we're bringing in another cardiologist very soon,
great young guy from Dartmouth. And I believe that one of the things that must have resonated a
little bit was we felt we could say to him you're going have an amazingly nice life here for you and
your family. This is a really nice place to live. I mean Rutland like very many communities has some
difficulties, but the core of really good people is still the majority by a long shot. This is
a really nice place to bring up children. It's a great place to pursue activities. So the future of
healthcare is as everyone knows is a tremendously complex issue. We are developing strategies and
capabilities to be a part of all of the change that's going on. I mean Rutland really leads
in this state. We lead with population health. We lead with collaboration with outside agencies. We
lead with efforts to communicate and collaborate with all the other healthcare providers. We're
developing programs for wellness for population health, which is taking care of large groups of
people that have common illnesses and establishing norms and standards by which they can feel better.
What keeps me here Rutland is this is my home and I love it, and I love working here. This is a
perfect place for me to work. The size is perfect number one. And I love my practice. I have a great
practice. I think that we have a fantastic administration that supports the physicians
doing the work that they're supposed to do. So for patients, what they need to know and take
into their hearts is that this institution is all about them. The people that work here from soup to
nuts are dedicated to the care of their needs, to their integrity, to keeping them well, to keeping
them safe; and that is what this institution is about. It is a haven for those that need it.