Max Mehta

grew up in Peoria, Illinois, a Midwestern kid who liked basketball more than almost anything else. He went to Richwoods High School, then headed east for college at Boston University. He stayed on for medical school at Boston University School of Medicine, a decision that set the direction for everything that came after. His training took him across the country. He did his radiology residency at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, California, then completed a fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine. Early in his career, he worked with Advanced Diagnostics in Florida, reading cases and building the habits that would carry him through the rest of his career. Today, Max works with a number of regional hospitals across Texas, where he reads scans and helps physicians make sense of what they’re looking at. The work calls for steady attention, which he says comes easier when the rest of life is in balance.

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