#150 My Dad, an 83-Year-Old Retired Physician & Lifelong Learner | Richard Dorsay, MD, PhD (HC)

Suddenly, we are at episode 150 of the SuperPsyched Podcast. To celebrate this milestone, I thought I would interview the most influential man in my life. In fact, he was the guy who gave me the idea to start this podcast in the first place! If you haven’t guessed already, that person is my father, Dr. Richard Dorsay. My dad worked as a physician who spent the bulk of his career as the chief of radiology at Kaiser South San Francisco. He was also a top-rated clinical professor of radiology at UCSF Medical School, and a world class mammographer. If that’s not enough, among his other jaw-dropping accomplishments, in 2010 he was awarded an honorary doctorate in public service from his alma mater, Tufts University.

Yet, these accomplishments are not what impresses me  most about my father. What impresses me most and the reason I want him to share his story with you on this episode is that he has been doggedly committed to lifelong learning. Lifelong learning is a central theme of the podcast, and my dad could be the poster boy for his willingness to be wrong, make mistakes for the sake of lifelong learning. I mean, can you imagine a man in his 60s being an exchange student in Central America with a home stay mother who is in her 40s? And he did it solely for the joy of learning, and not for any other benefit.

In this episode, you will hear about a man who has put himself through all types of self-induced challenges to learn. And I believe you will also hear just how thoughtful and joyful he is as a result and how you can do your version of being a lifelong learner.

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