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Dan DeMarco Figure 1 was born in Natick, Massachusetts, on 28 September 1956 and grew up in that area. At age 13, his family moved to Dallas, Texas, where he has lived ever since. He was accepted at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School after 3 years at the University of Notre Dame. His training in internal medicine and gastroenterology was all at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas (BUMC). He finished his fellowship in gastroenterology in June 1985 and has been at BUMC ever since. In addition to his extremely busy practice, he participates actively in BUMC's teaching activities and has been twice elected Teacher of the Year. Not only does he teach the medical residents, but he daily tutors the gastroenterology fellows. He has served as chairman or member of the Institutional Animal Use and Care Committee since 1995, the Liver Transplant Selection Committee since 1987, the Emergency Services Committee since 1992, and the Medical Advisory Committee of BUMC since 1999. He has published 16 articles in peer-reviewed medical journals or chapters in prominent books. Dr. DeMarco is married to Dr. Cara East, a cardiologist at BUMC, and they have one son. He is a major player on the BUMC scene and a good guy, and it was a pleasure to talk with him.
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Dr. Dan DeMarco.
William Clifford Roberts, MD (hereafter, Roberts): Dr. DeMarco, I appreciate your willingness to talk to me and therefore to the readers of BUMC Proceedings. To begin, could you talk about your early memories, your family, and what it was like growing up in Massachusetts?
Daniel Carl DeMarco, MD (hereafter, DeMarco): Although born in Natick, I grew up in Wayland, Massachusetts, a town of 10,000, with one high school and 2 ZIP codes. My father was a civil servant who worked for the army. He was a research chemist specializing in textile chemistry, specifically water repellents. This was as the Vietnam War was gearing up. My mother was a typical housewife. I had 3 sisters, 1 older, 2 younger. We lived in Massachusetts until I was 13. Then my family moved to Dallas. My father left his job with the army and became a quality control expert for the Haggar Company. He ultimately...