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was what he wanted to do with his life. He said he called his mother after the class and told her of his career path divergence, then went and changed his major to pre-med. Cly began performing the da Vinci surgeries around 15 years ago, making him one of the early pioneers in the field. Because of his experience, Cly said he naturally gets many of the harder surgeries.
He noted other doctors say, “Cly’s been doing this the longest. This is a tough case, let’s give it to him!” “At first it was scary, but with time I just naturally became the guy for the hard cases,” Cly noted. “It forced me to learn how to do the harder stuff. I’ve tried to teach several doctors over the years (how to do some of the procedures) but most Continued on page 2
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