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General Practitioner and Chief Medical Officer of Parkview Physicians Group
Dr. Thomas Bond is a general practitioner and chief medical officer with Parkview Physicians Group. Here's what he has to say about why he chose the medical field, his career and how he balances it all.
Q1 Why did you decide to go into medicine?
I grew up next door to a physician. I would go to his house and look at his books and he would talk to me about medicine. And then I had an uncle who was only 30 years old when he died of cancer. That got me more interested in medicine. I wanted to help people. As a doctor of family medicine, I see patients of all ages. I attended Indiana University for my undergraduate studies and then went to Ross University in New York for medical school. I did my family practice residency at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie.
Q2 Why did you pick family medicine as your specialty?
During the third and fourth year of medical school when you do...