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Since the age of four, I wanted to be a physician and I had expected to become an orthopedic surgeon, as I was always interested in the function of bones, joints, and muscles. Later, my interest was also in the nervous system and its control of the musculoskeletal system. I emigrated to the United States in 1973, after finishing my medical school training in India, and undertook a year of surgical training in Honolulu, Hawaii. However, I did not find surgery as rewarding as I had anticipated. By serendipity, I met a physiatrist in 1973 who suggested I consider the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation, a specialty that would let me care for individuals with a variety of musculoskeletal and neurological disabilities.
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Vasudevan, S. (2015). Treating the Chronic Pain Patient. In: Multidisciplinary Management of Chronic Pain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20322-5_6
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