Keeping service central to career
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For Derwin Gray II, MD (MD ’16), a career in medicine could have felt like a forgone conclusion.
His father, Derwin Gray, MD, is a longtime physician in Chesapeake, former member of the EVMS Board of Visitors and current Community Faculty member and Preceptor. He also is a man who had a profound impact on his son.
“My dad was a major influence on me — without question,” Dr. Gray says. “Growing up, everywhere we went, people stopped him and wanted to show him pictures of babies he’d delivered.”
Still, the younger Dr. Gray, a graduate of Norfolk Academy and Morehouse College, took his time coming to his own professional path.
“I felt very strongly that if I pursued medicine, I wanted it to be my decision, not just because of my dad,” he says. “I always knew that I wanted a career that was service based. I still believe that it’s important to come home proud every night and go to work every morning feeling happy and invigorated.”
Today, father and son practice together at the Virginia Center for Women, providing a full range of obstetrics and gynecologic care to women. Dr. Gray, who completed his residency at New York University, specializes in minimally invasive procedures and performs advanced procedures with the da Vinci Robot.
Read more about Dr. Gray in EVMS magazine.