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Louis Wang

Louis Wang

Associate Professor Louis Wang is a Sydney doctor.

It was a sliding doors moment, in front of three shih tzus and a Chihuahua cross.

I thought I had to quit the thing I loved to become a doctor. I was wrong

I was 16 and had the colours of rolling thunder and driving rain at my fingertips. I thought I had to choose between listening to my head or following my heart.

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Over time, grit and grind can create magical outcomes.

I’m a cardiologist but terrible at maths. Here’s how to turn weaknesses around

The best environments stretch us – hard enough to hurt, but not so hard that we break.

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The survivor: Louis Wang, when he was an 11-year-old student at Woollahra Public School.

My teacher and I kept this secret for decades: she saved my life

When I slipped during a bushwalk on a school camp, it was a teacher who was there to catch me. I’ve come to realise that our best teachers do that – they watch over us.

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