title: Philly physician executive combats big city blight.
abstract: Despite no money for college and little encouragement from his teachers, Eric Mitchell was determined to make something of himself. Ever since he got that plastic doctor kit when he was 7, he dreamed of becoming a physician. Learn how he achieved that goal--and so much more.
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authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bunch
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D006040:Goals; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D015143:Philadelphia; D008486:Physician Executives; D014481:United States