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Holding Up a Mirror to a Life in Medicine
Alum Suzanne Koven, Mass General s inaugural writer-in-residence, reflects on imposter syndrome, family, and identity in new essay collection
By
Julia M. Klein
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Published
May 20, 2021
As a medical student and resident, Suzanne Koven, Med 86 (MD), 89 (PGF), HS 89, appreciated Johns Hopkins distinguished history, dating to the pioneering 19th-century physician William Osler.
On the one hand, it instilled in me a very deep sense of pride and belonging to this rich heritage, she says in a Zoom interview conducted against a backdrop of diplomas and awards plaques for both writing and medicine. But, on the other hand, I didn t stop to consider that the heritage was almost entirely male. ....

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