Father and daughter from Northern California work side by side as doctors
Updated: 9:03 am PDT June 16, 2024
TO RELAX AND SPEND TIME WITH YOUR CHILDREN. BUT ONE DAY, DAD SPENDS A LOT OF TIME WITH HIS DAUGHTER BECAUSE THEY WORK SIDE BY SIDE AS DOCTORS AT THE DIGNITY HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP, SIERRA NEVADA URGENT CARE. AND THIS MORNING WE WELCOME DOCTOR ROGER HICKS AND DOCTOR MARIA HICKS. GOOD MORNING TO YOU BOTH. DOCTOR ROGER HICKS. HKeynoteUSAPY FATHER’S DAY. THANK YOU. EXPLAIN TO OUR VIEWERS THE JOURNEY OF YOU BOTH TO BECOME DOCTORS, A JOURNEY TO BECOME A DOCTOR. YEAH. Um, well, well, I wanted to do something to help people. I spent some time in South America and that convinced me that this was the case. THAT WAS MY, EH, MY CALL. I guess in this life. AND HOW DID YOU CONVINCE YOUR DAUGHTER TO FOLLOW THAT PATH? OH, I DIDN’T, UH, YES, I WAS ALONE ON AN EXPEDITION IN THE GRAND CANYON AND SOMEONE FELL AND DISLOCATED THEIR SHOULDER, AND NO ONE KNEW WHAT TO DO. And I knew that if my dad was here, he would know what to do. WELL, I MUST KNOW WHAT MY DAD KNOWS. AND THAT WAS A GREAT CATALYST FOR ME. THAT IS INCREDIBLE. WELL, EXPLAIN TO KeynoteUSA WHAT IT’S LIKE TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER. IS IT HARMONY OR DO YOU DISAGREE? SOMETIMES. HOW DOES IT WORK? HOW DOES THAT DYNAMIC WORK? WELL, I HAVE ALWAYS HAD MY DAD A MENTOR FOR ME DURING MY MEDICAL TRAINING AND EVEN BEFORE. BUT, YOU KNOW, SINCE MEDICAL SCHOOL AND RESIDENCY, I HAVE BEEN A LIFEGUARD COUNTLESS TIMES TO CALL AND ASK. And, you know, just a great resource. AND IT’S FUNNY. IT’S FUN WORKING WITH MY DAD. WELL. So, Dr. Roger Hicks, we don’t hear you say it’s funny. IS IT FUN FOR YOU TOO? IT’S GREAT. YEAH. I mean, Maria didn’t say that before she went to medical school. SHE WENT TO ACTING SCHOOL. THEY ARE AND THEN. BUT SHE DECIDED, AFTER THAT, YOU KNOW, THE GRAND CANYON EXPERIENCE AND SOME THINGS THAT HKeynoteUSAPENED THAT THIS WAS WHAT SHE WANTED TO DO. SO WHAT I FIND IS, UM, THROUGHOUT HER MEDICAL SCHOOL AND RESIDENCY TRAINING AND EVEN NOW TO SOME EXTENT, SHE, YOU KNOW, COME TO ME AND ASK ME QUESTIONS, BECAUSE I HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE. BUT WHAT’S HKeynoteUSAPENING NOW IS THIS TWO WAY STREET, BECAUSE IT HAS MORE RECENT TRAINING. I’M ASKING HER ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS AND THEN SHE ASKS ME ABOUT, WELL, WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN THIS SITUATION? AND, UM, SO IT REALLY BECOME THIS, uh, MUTUAL GIVING AND RECEIVING AND OF COURSE, WHICH ULTIMATELY BENEFITS THE PATIENTS. WHAT IS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU FIND OUT THAT THERE IS A FATHER, DAUGHTER, DAUGHTER DUO IN THE SAME FACILITY? I THINK I THINK THEY LIKE IT. I LOVE IT. IT IS A TOO SMALL TOWN FOR US. So yeah, I mean, of course I’m her dad, so they probably tell me, you know, I may be a little biased, but I, um, I love it because patients say, OH, your daughter is so. YOU KNOW, I SAW HER THE OTHER DAY. SHE IS SO WONDERFUL. SOME OF THEM SAY, OH YEAH, I SAW YOUR WIFE AS MY DOCTOR, WHICH IS VERY FUNNY, BUT IT’S AWESOME. WELL, THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. WE KeynoteUSAPRECIATE IT. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE ROLE OF YOU BOTH AND SO WE THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU ARE DOING. AND AGAIN, DOCTOR ROGER HICKS, WE TELL YOU HKeynoteUSAPY FATHER’S DAY.
Father and daughter from Northern California work side by side as doctors
Updated: 9:03 am PDT June 16, 2024
Dr. Roger Hicks and Dr. Marya Hicks are urgent care physicians at Dignity Health Medical Group – Sierra Nevada in Grass Valley. They share what it’s like to work together and Marya’s journey to becoming a doctor. Watch his Father’s Day interview in the video above. See more coverage of California’s top stories here | Download our application.
Dr. Roger Hicks and Dr. Marya Hicks are urgent care physicians at Dignity Health Medical Group – Sierra Nevada in Grass Valley.
They share what it’s like to work together and Marya’s journey to becoming a doctor.
Watch his Father’s Day interview in the video above.
See more coverage of California’s top stories here | Download our application.
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