{"id":83304,"date":"2020-04-24T01:08:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T05:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/?page_id=83304"},"modified":"2021-08-23T19:20:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T23:20:26","slug":"yi-chuan-ching-md","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/offices-services\/alumni\/spotlight\/yi-chuan-ching-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Yi-Chuan Ching, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"

Class Year:<\/strong>\u00a01958<\/p>\n

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Specialties<\/strong>
\nPediatrics<\/p>\n

Current practice<\/strong>
\nRetired for 21 years<\/p>\n

Do you remember what motivated you to make your first gift to BUSM?<\/strong>
\nMy grandfather who was a businessman in Honolulu had a saying: “When you drink water, remember the spring.” He was successful and he always remembered to give back to the community.<\/p>\n

Why do you continue to give to BUSM?<\/strong>
\nI’m grateful that it provided the basis of a very satisfying professional life.<\/p>\n

What would you tell current students about the importance of giving back to BUSM?<\/strong>
\n“Remember the spring”<\/p>\n

Fond memory of BUSM:<\/strong>
\nDr. Moyer was a real steadying influence on a very confused freshman who was adapting poorly and questioning his future at the school.<\/p>\n

Dr. Asimov was as good at explaining biochem as he was at writing science fiction and I read almost all of his output.<\/p>\n

Favorite professor or course at BUSM:<\/strong>
\nDr. Sidney Gellis really solidified my intention to go into pediatrics, and I returned to BCH [Boston City Hospital] to train under him.<\/p>\n

Though I was all thumbs, Dr. JJ Burns made surgery really interesting.<\/p>\n

Other anecdotes\/comments:<\/strong>
\nCurrently I am in reasonable health though I lost my wife to breast cancer recurring after 34 years. I ocean swim 3 times a week, walk, and practice tai chi. I volunteer at a seniors program at U.Hawaii facilitating a writing group and also at a marine nature preserve. I put out a fiction blog with a completed med novel (at a fictionalized BCH) at storieslongnshort.blog<\/a> and am continuing with another.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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