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My name is Matthew Guile, and I am an obstetrician
gynecologist with Sutter Medical Group here in
Sacramento.
I used to teach high school before I
went to medical school.
And being a doctor--
a big part of it is being a teacher, is explaining to
patients what is going on, what the possibilities are,
and helping them to understand their health and whatever
process they may be going through.
So I think the fact that you get to help and educate people
is a great part of being a doctor.
The field that I really enjoyed the most and really
got the most gratification from was obstetrics and
gynecology, which was a surprise, as the majority of
people, majority of physicians going into obstetrics and
gynecology in this day and age are female.
And I think some of my professors were surprised that
that's what I wanted to do.
But I just really enjoyed a lot of the different aspects
of the field.
The time when a woman is pregnant and being able to
help her through her pregnancy, deliver her baby,
is extremely gratifying.
And you form an amazing bond with women, and their husband,
and their family.
And I also very much like that the field provides me with the
ability to see my patients, have long-term relationships
with them after their pregnancy as a GYN patient.
And then, also, it's a field where you can actually
diagnose, manage, and treat patients all yourself,
certainly with disorders of the reproductive tract, or
things that might need minor surgery or major surgery.
Those are all parts of the field that allow you to really
take care of a patient from beginning to end.
So I find it very, very gratifying.
And I just really enjoy getting to know my patients
and taking care of them over the long term.
I think Sutter Medical Group is the premier medical group
in California and the west coast, if not the country.
We have a vision to move into the future and to try to
provide excellent, cost-effective medical care.
And I think that we have a group of people here who are
really translating the philosophy into practice.
And I think that being able to be in a group like this with
such great colleagues, and with such good guidance, has
made me very happy.
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