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It is difficult to find the words to express the depth of the loss I feel at the passing of @FranciscoMarty_
For the past 4 years, he has defined what being a clinician means to me.
For the past 4 years, he has defined what being a clinician means to me.
The lessons he taught me are immeasurable. First and foremost he said, “never turn away from the patient”. This was exemplified in the way he cracked jokes and remembered every personal detail of his patients’ lives. His patients often thought of him as family.
It was displayed in the way he listened, intuiting the exact details that could lead to a diagnosis and reframing the problem completely in many cases. It didn’t matter if they had an infection or copper deficiency- he aimed to figure it out.
He taught me this through the way that he lead clinical trials. Running them with an urgency and compassion that showed me that it was never about him or what he could accomplish. If the work felt like too much, he would look over at me and calmly say “one at a time”.
Finally, he embodied this in the way that he taught and mentored me and the hundreds and thousands of other trainees whose lives he touched. There was never a time when he wasn’t present to teach or share himself. He saw others’ success as his own in a way that is truly rare.
I am heartbroken that he is gone but I know he will live on in the minds and practice of so many that he impacted. We will miss you more than you can ever know @FranciscoMarty_
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