She Told Them I Dropped Out of Medical School — Five Years Later, I Walked Into the ER as Her Attending Physician

center, one of the busiest in the state. That’s where I met Dr. Margaret Thornton. Maggie. Fifty-eight years old, chief of surgery emeritus, built like a steel cable wrapped in a lab coat. She became the mentor I needed and the mother figure I’d lost.

Third year of residency, I met Nathan Caldwell. A civil rights attorney doing pro bono work at a community continue reading …