I was truly blessed to experience the influences of these great men when I was a medical student, and this exposure played a major role in my decision to go into rheumatology. It is ironic that the nidus of this story originated from the friendship of three medical students who found strength and determination in the face of discrimination and prejudice.
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Dr. Wallace is associate director of the rheumatology fellowship program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and clinical professor of medicine at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.