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Nicholas J. Rohrhoff, Class of 2012
Miller School Student Writes Essay in New England Journal of Medicine
How many refrigerators must a repairman fix to be able to afford his coronary-artery bypass surgery?
That question, which came out of a discussion Nicholas Rohrhoff had with the man who came to fix his fridge the summer before he began studying at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, is part of an inspirational essay the fourth-year medical student wrote for the ‘Perspective’ section of the February 23 issue of the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, a significant accomplishment for a medical student.
Moved by his encounter with the repairman, as well as the patients he came across while working at the medical school’s Mitchell Wolfson Sr. Department of Community Service free health fairs, and even the plight of his parents after his father lost his job and health insurance, Rohrhoff stresses the importance of physicians not only treating their patients’ maladies, but caring about their lives.
