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Published as the president but a lot of stuff i didnt publish. One thing corry told me was the diary and write down the stuff that is interesting to you. So i did and i thought it was so important. When young doctors and aspiring writers asked me how do you get started . I say you have to record your reflections. I had been in school for 19 years. 19 years after graduating from high school. I had that quantum dot detour. So i was just ready to be done, and reap some rewards for all that all those sleepless nights and what i found was that doctors were very unhappy, and when youre in training, the focus is on the physiology and learning about the heart. Its not really about the culture of practice. So i was largely blinded to that. And then i took on my first role and im talking to doctors and i find theyre very unhappy with medical practice today. And it wasnt just about the stresses we all know. It upabout the paperwork and the malpractice fears and so on. It was a deeper problem. The
Clifton âSonnyâ Snyder
Clifton B. Snyder, age 86 of Center Street, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, surrounded by family at the Mercy Hospital in South Buffalo.
Born Feb. 21, 1934, the son of Clifton B. And Leona ( Lay) Snyder.
A U. S. Army Veteran Cliff honorably served during the Korean War with the 101st Airborne .
Cliff married the former Mary Ann Schiffner April 4 ,1957, Ann passed away in July 25, 2016.
A Supervisor for the NYS DOT, Cliff retired after more than 30 years of service . After his retirement Cliff drive for the former Carrier Coach of Gowanda and for the Seneca Nation of Hope Medical team.
Cliff was a Supervisor with the Gowanda Ambulance service, he also was a member of the Zoar Valley Rescue Squad through the Gowanda Vol. Fire dept. where he also was an exempt member of the department. Cliff was a long standing member of the Gowanda Shrine # 1 and was an active rider for the Mini Corps for many years and a member of the Seneca Nation American Le