title: YFA Essay Contest winner: Promise of the profession: The chance to be human.
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thomason
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D066231:Surgeons / Q000266:history; D014481:United States; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures