Terri: The best career advice that I received
Doctor Angelo DiGeorge,
was the chief of endocrinology
at Saint Christopher's Hospital for Children,
and I spent a long time there.
And he was, I would say,
my first really, really true mentor.
And the best advice he gave to me is
when I would ask him a question
about a patient or patient population,
he would say, "Study it.
"You have a question, study it."
And he inspired me and motivated me
and supported me to do research.
I didn't set out to be a researcher.
I set out to be a clinician.
And I still identify myself as a clinician,
I've maintained a clinical practice throughout my career.
But in terms of the passion for research,
the love of research, I credit him
for encouraging me and insisting,
that if I had a clinical question, that I studied it.
And whether that meant study the literature
to see what's been demonstrated,
or do a study on my own.