What a joy it was for me to open the most recent issue of Canadian Family Physician and read your profile of Dr Martin “Marty” McNamara.1 When I was the greenest of first-year medical students, I ended up as his roommate as he toiled away at the tail end of his residency training.
More than a decade ago, Marty proved to be an enthusiastic teacher, a consummate professional, and the model of a physician dedicated to serving his community while being focused on the needs of the patient before him. It is uplifting that more than a decade later, nothing about Marty has changed (including the van).
To this day, I consider him one of my most valued role models as a family doctor.
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