Sachin H. Jain: Beautiful capture of our profession’s ethos

Sachin H. Jain shared a post on LinkedIn:

“‘Medicine is a historical continuity of purpose.’

I heard Richard Baron, the outgoing CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine, say these words on the occasion of his retirement from the Board.

I can’t stop thinking about them—as I think they so beautifully capture our profession’s ethos.

I asked Richard about the origin of the quotation—and he said it was original and he had written them decades ago in an application for a job when he first graduated residency.

Wow.

To see ourselves as connected to a larger mission—with a sense of connection to generations that precede us and to the people who will follow us—changes the work.

‘We should all aspire to see ourselves through the lens of ‘historical continuity of purpose.’ 

It will make us all better versions of ourselves.”

Source: Sachin H. Jain/LinkedIn

Sachin Jain is the President and CEO of SCAN Group and Health Plan and an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. He also serves as a Board Member at The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, an Academic Hospitalist (WOC) at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and a Board Member at America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP).

Richard J. Baron, MD, MACP is the president and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and ABIM Foundation. He is also the Group Director, Seamless Care Models at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He was also the Founder and managing partner of Greenhouse Internists.