John Waterman

University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, San Antonio, TX (residency)
Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Baltimore, MD (fellowship)
School of Aerospace Medicine, San Antonio, Texas (flight surgeon)
Associate Professor of Medicine University of Connecticut School of Medicine

I never thought that in 1964 I would be an academic physician at the University of Connecticut as an Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the Newington campus rheumatology clinic at VA Connecticut Healthcare System. But here I am still working 45 hours/week teaching medical students, medical residents and rheumatology fellows. It is a rush that makes me feel not only that I am making a difference in medical education but also has given me a lift every day. Interacting with these young soon to be professionals and (hopefully) making them better health care providers is a privilege that I cannot explain. I am so lucky to be doing this.