If you're worried about starting med school "late", this should make you feel better. Leila Denmark is 112 years old, and she practiced medicine until she was 103. She was a pediatrician from Georgia. So if you're starting at 44, you'll have at least 50 years to get good and tired of being a doctor. On a more realistic note... (for those of you who aren't sure you'll make it to 112)... I personally know several doctors who are practicing clinicians and are well into their 80's. In academic medicine, private, practice, and hospitalists. That's the good thing about medicine. As long as you keep learning, you actually get better the older you get. Not so true for other professionals (it's all downhill for models after age 17).
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