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Hector Caraballo M.D.: From Amherst to ER Doctor to Tech Entrepreneur
The more you listen to Hector Caraballo M.D., Amherst College Class of ’94, the less you’ll believe in coincidences. In this episode, you’ll learn about:
His extraordinary single mother and the heart-to-heart conversation she had with Hector that resulted in him applying to medical school
The harrowing event that nearly prevented him from attending a med school admissions interview – and how he earned acceptance to that program
How he discovered that (in his modest words) he didn’t suck at emergency medicine, drawing upon his upbringing in the Bronx to embrace the chaos that’s prevalent in ERs
The bargain he made with his wife that resulted in moving from New York City to San Antonio
His path from practicing medicine to serving as Chief Medical Officer of MedCognition, a leader in augmented reality, ultra-portable, clinically intuitive medical simulation
The three people in the Amherst Class of ’94 Hector that wants me to talk to next
Connect with Hector on LinkedIn.