Backstage People
Remarks on being named South Carolina Family Physician of the Year, June 2024. I am humbled and incredibly grateful for this honor. Let me start by thanking the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Academy of Family Physicians and our Executive Vice President, Paquita Turner, for allowing me to serve in this organization for the past three decades. I also want to recognize my wife, Betty, for her support, encouragement, and patience for nearly 42 years. This honor means the world to me — but, honestly, I can’t get over a nagging feeling. If you have imposter syndrome, you know what I’m talking about. It’s the feeling that maybe you don’t deserve it. Imposter syndrome is very common in our profession. I saw a recent study that said forty percent of physicians have this affliction. Betty, however, has a different name for this phenomenon. She calls us Backstage People. For many years, Betty and I volunteered with our local professional ballet company (no we didn’t dance!). For a wh