Dr. Luis Garcia

So just imagine finishing training, thinking like I'm going to really dominate the world, but at the same time recognizing your limitations and trying to be fair and honest to your patients.

What can you do?

What can you not do?

What can you do in a setting of 7,000 people, small hospital, rather than a big academic setting?

So that created right away a lot of maturity for me.

And make a long story short, in my learning process, I also identified that as physicians were very poorly educated on the business of medicine.

So I did an MBA as I was doing that.

And the combination of the MBA, the solo practice, and transitioning then into a group practice in Fargo, North Dakota,

allowed me to evolve professionally as a leader, as a clinician.

And I stayed with Sam for nearly 30 years.

And I eventually grew, became the chair of the department, subsequently the president of the medical group for Sam for Health, large integrated healthcare system, about 3,000 physicians and APPs in five states.

And I was in my fifth year as the president of the Medica Group when a new opportunity came about, which is the one that I hold now.

And that's the story.

So it worked truly about being thankful, loyal to the system that gave me opportunities and going back to my mantra of always leaving a place better than how you found it.

When I finished my tenure in Sanford, Ed,

I love Sanford.

It's a phenomenal organization.

And what made me proud was that I was part of a great thing going.

And I left a legacy that allowed me to move on with no regrets.

Yes.