Carl Allamby, MD, Shifts Gears from Repairing Cars to Graduating Medical School at Age 47

Carl Allamby, MD, discusses his circuitous route from long-time auto repair shop owner to emergency medicine resident with JAMA Medical News Senior Writer Rita Rubin. Growing up in Cleveland, Allamby never saw physicians who looked like him, but an introductory biology course required for his undergraduate business degree sparked a long dormant dream of becoming a physician.

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