Dr. G...?

Dr. G: what made you become a psychiatrist?

A: To become a psychiatrist, one first needs to go to medical school. I chose to become a doctor in part because at the age of 20 my life was saved by doctors (see this week’s video #3). Also, I felt that the study of medicine, of the human brain and body, was essentially the study of G-d’s creation and that excited me. Finally, my parents raised me with a desire to do work that directly helps others.

As for the specific field of psychiatry, I have always been fascinated with the human journey, with the specifics of what people think about and what they do.

Quite simply, I found psychiatry to be the field of medicine where science intersects with spirituality in a most revealed way.

While others in medical school seemed to be captivated by peering into a microscope or looking into a child’s ear, my passion was - and remains - the human psyche and soul.