Posts by martyh

  “Watch your thoughts; they become words; watch your words; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character.  Watch your character:  it becomes your destiny”.  Frank Outlaw      This quote with a group of young men playing basketball is

1)  BMI: goal is between 22- 26, I prefer 23 for ideal BMI.  Simple number that combines your height and weight to see if you are normal weight or obese.  Greater than 30 is considered obese.  Greater than 40 is

     Plan B was to apply to the University of Arizona which I was accepted immediately after graduating from West Covina high school in 1989.  My struggles continued at the University of Arizona in the classroom.  Along with my poor

“A man is great not because he hasn’t failed, a man is great because failure hasn’t stopped him.” Confucius      Elementary flag football: 0-21 win loss record.  Junior high school cut from both football and basketball teams in seventh grade.

            My neighbor Gene was a father figure to many kids in my neighborhood.  He took a special interest in me since my home was literally 5 feet from his home.  I always believed Gene took me under his wing

     I tell people at 39 years of age I have been able to reach all my goals and now I am ready to share my gifts with others in order that they can live their dream on a daily

    This story is not about my life as a doctor.  It is not about a kid growing up poor and making it big.  It’s not about a kid who had made academic  honor roll all his life and was destined

     Young Steve came to me as a pre medical  advisor at the University of Arizona .  He was a year ahead of me.  He came to me for advice regarding the Medical College Entrance Exam.  “I am afraid to

 Introduction:       ”So I hear you want to be a GI doctor?”, I asked the first year medical student during my last year of  residency.  She said, “Yes, but I know I cannot do it, GI is very competitive”, she

I started my first restaurant job my junior year in high school at Taco Cabana.  I had already worked several years as a paper boy, gardener and neighborhood handy man.   I was excited and nervous to start at Taco Cabana!