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2001, David Hellerstein   David Hellerstein, M.D.            
 Psychiatrist and Writer   by David Hellerstein, MD  How did you
get interested in being a doctor and writer?  For me it was
hardly a matter of choice. Becoming a doctor was something
almost necessary in my family, in which both of my parents were
doctors as were my grandfather, great-grandfather and many
others. In college, I rebelled against my apparent destiny and
became passionate about writing. I left school and began a sort
of literary apprenticeship. And yet the life of the writer
seemed insufficient, and I decided that I wanted to become a
doctor as well. My model was William