Dr. Jan McBarron was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA. She started her medical career as a volunteer candy striper filling patient water pitchers and running errands for the nurses. It made her feel important, special and needed. As the third of four children, she chose her destiny at 18 when she wanted to go to college. Interestingly, she remains the only family member to have continued education past high school. Although emotionally supported by her parents, she had to become financially independent immediately. She worked several part time jobs to put herself through college and earn her BSN. After working several years as a nurse, she felt a deep void. As a nurse, she was taught if a patient asked a question and she did not know the answer, her response was “That’s a good question, ask the doctor when he gets here”. In addition, she felt that nurses spent more time with the patient and connected more closely than the physician who spent 5 minutes on rounds. She decided to become a doctor. Subsequently, she switched to night shift working as a nurse and during the day went to medical school and earned her Medical Doctorate.