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Had a bit of a family road into the

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Navy . My uh father was a naval

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intelligence officer , my grandfather

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was a , a medical officer . Uh And so

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it just seemed like the logical thing

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to kind of pursue that path . Uh So I

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did uh ROTC in college uh and came over

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to the HPSP program . Uh and that was

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really my conduit into the Navy . Well ,

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I think the beauty of Navy medicine is

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you have the ability to explore whether

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you're going off into that operational

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realm or you're going down your primary

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specialty training . There is a lot of

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ability for that exploration to change ,

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tack go do something that you can't do ,

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especially in the civilian sector ,

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where else can you go out with the

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marines or get on the flight line and

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things along those lines ? So I do

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think that that's really valuable uh as

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part of the Navy medicine experience ,

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why folks should come into allergies

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specifically ? Uh is are you interested

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in being on that cusp of medical

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knowledge uh really translating that

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basic science and the clinical trials

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into direct clinical practice , that

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barrier between the clinical and the

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basic science is very thin and allergy

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immunology and it's very exciting to be

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able to take something new and

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immediately put it into practice . Um

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So I think if folks are looking for a

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group of patients that are challenging ,

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but at the same time , you can really

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make a huge difference using the

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cutting edge of treatments and uh

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assessment methods and things along

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those lines . Allergy is absolutely the

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right field for you . I'm just

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incredibly grateful for the career that

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I've had in the Navy and particularly

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in Navy . Allergy , allergy is a small

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community in the Navy . We're very

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tight knit . I love working with all my

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colleagues . We really are a family of

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sorts and I think in the broader Navy

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medicine , I have been rewarded time

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and time again and I would absolutely

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take this track again .