AUTHOR=Fries Jochen Walter Ulrich TITLE=The Wish to Cure and the Curiosity to Investigate – Or How I Used My Life to Become a Physician-Scientist JOURNAL=Frontiers in Medicine VOLUME=2 YEAR=2015 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2015.00009 DOI=10.3389/fmed.2015.00009 ISSN=2296-858X ABSTRACT=

The author describes how he became a physician−scientist: difficulties he had to overcome coming from outside of the US (visa, funding, resident training), and his way back to Germany, while experiencing the thrill of actively participating in moving science. Setbacks, scientific success, adaptation to new developments, and the encounter of kindred spirits characterize this lifelong effort.