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...JS: I'm looking at radiology and dermatology. I also think about infectious diseases for obvious reasons...
...JS: I assume I'll be able to do both and I have every intention of doing both. The debate I'm having now is that I have to choose a specialty very soon. I was bound for orthopedic surgery, but being a surgeon and having a writing life ... it seems like it's pretty impossible to do, especially because residency is so rigorous. For five years I wouldn't get any writing done. So I'm looking at different specialties right...
...JS: I'm actually in my fifth of six years in a four-year program...
...JS: At Stanford, most of the students graduate in five years. Most students take a year to do some research, either clinical research or basic science research. So I took a year to do some basic science research and orthopedic surgery. The second year, the reason I'm graduating in six instead of five with most of my classmates, is that I'm writing a second novel. The first one was really kind of crammed in around the corners of my studies and then my lab work. The second one I needed to take this chunk of time to work...
...JS: Yes. The rough draft I did in the summer after my first year. I actually received a grant from Stanford to work on the book. I worked on that rough draft after that first summer, and then over classes or between classes, on weekends. I was able to do some writing while I was in the lab, while waiting for experiments and things like that...