Presenter Information

Luke C. Williams

Start Date

13-2-2016 10:50 AM

End Date

13-2-2016 11:10 AM

Description

My name is Dr. Williams, or as most people call me Dr. Luke. Currently, I work in South Georgia as an ED physician. The road to where I’m currently sitting and to where I started has been long, trying but mostly fun! I started my undergraduate at Valdosta State University; to say the least I was completely lost. My hometown has about 5000 people in the entire county so being at a bigger city seemed overwhelming. I had no friends really and my social life was subpar. I started out as a premed major but quickly realized that these college professors were in the businesses of “weeding” out students. My first bio class I made a C! Devastated but not out, I realized that if my dreams were to become reality it was going to take more dedication, time, and discipline. The first tool I can give you in regards to discipline is found in the book The Road Less Traveled. There is a chapter in the book that talks about “Delaying Gratification” or as in movie I watched a few years ago when the father told his son, “we do what we have to so we can do what we want to”. Just think about this for a while. Are you willing to say no to going out in order to study, miss family functions and events, and basically willing to accumulate more debt that most people make in their lifetime of working? I was. After undergraduate, I applied to many “state” medical schools. My GPA was really good but MCAT was not so good. I did all of the Kaplan courses but just could not get my MCAT score up. I got wait listed but decided I did not want to take off an entire year. I applied to St. Matthews School of Medicine. This school is located in Grand Cayman! (small island located southwest of Cuba). My medical school changed my life. I had the opportunity to meet all types of people. We all came here with one goal and that was to become a medical doctor. While studying was strenuous and classes were grueling, I had the best time of my life. After graduating medical school, I applied to internal medicine residency. Being from Georgia, I wanted to stay close to home.

I was accepted into Mercer IM, located in Macon, GA. I spent the next 3 years of my life in the hospital. Hours were strenuous in the hospital but as I grew in my residency, I realized there is no short cut to medicine. There is always something to learn; whether this pertains directly to the patient and their diagnosis and treatment plans to breaking difficult news to family members. Each step along the way was a building block to where I am now. My goal for us, is for you to ask as many questions as possible and we can learn from each other. I look forward to speaking to you soon.

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Feb 13th, 10:50 AM Feb 13th, 11:10 AM

Journey to Internal Medicine

My name is Dr. Williams, or as most people call me Dr. Luke. Currently, I work in South Georgia as an ED physician. The road to where I’m currently sitting and to where I started has been long, trying but mostly fun! I started my undergraduate at Valdosta State University; to say the least I was completely lost. My hometown has about 5000 people in the entire county so being at a bigger city seemed overwhelming. I had no friends really and my social life was subpar. I started out as a premed major but quickly realized that these college professors were in the businesses of “weeding” out students. My first bio class I made a C! Devastated but not out, I realized that if my dreams were to become reality it was going to take more dedication, time, and discipline. The first tool I can give you in regards to discipline is found in the book The Road Less Traveled. There is a chapter in the book that talks about “Delaying Gratification” or as in movie I watched a few years ago when the father told his son, “we do what we have to so we can do what we want to”. Just think about this for a while. Are you willing to say no to going out in order to study, miss family functions and events, and basically willing to accumulate more debt that most people make in their lifetime of working? I was. After undergraduate, I applied to many “state” medical schools. My GPA was really good but MCAT was not so good. I did all of the Kaplan courses but just could not get my MCAT score up. I got wait listed but decided I did not want to take off an entire year. I applied to St. Matthews School of Medicine. This school is located in Grand Cayman! (small island located southwest of Cuba). My medical school changed my life. I had the opportunity to meet all types of people. We all came here with one goal and that was to become a medical doctor. While studying was strenuous and classes were grueling, I had the best time of my life. After graduating medical school, I applied to internal medicine residency. Being from Georgia, I wanted to stay close to home.

I was accepted into Mercer IM, located in Macon, GA. I spent the next 3 years of my life in the hospital. Hours were strenuous in the hospital but as I grew in my residency, I realized there is no short cut to medicine. There is always something to learn; whether this pertains directly to the patient and their diagnosis and treatment plans to breaking difficult news to family members. Each step along the way was a building block to where I am now. My goal for us, is for you to ask as many questions as possible and we can learn from each other. I look forward to speaking to you soon.