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A few months ago Dan Vorhaus asked me to contribute a brief commentary to his and his colleagues’ fantastic blog, The Genomics Law Report. The admittedly modest fruits of my labor are now up.

Dear Dr. Board-Certified Clinical Geneticist:

First of all, thank you! Sure, you could have bailed after pediatrics or internal medicine and made more money, but you chose to stick around for a couple more years, incur still more debt, and make less. Much less! (Fortunately, you are a doctor and not a financial adviser.)  And a fine doctor you are, schooled in the ancient art of dysmorphology, which is probably as inscrutable to your molecular-fetishist colleagues as exon-capture protocols are to you.

It is meant to be light and to both poke a bit of fun at and sympathize with medical geneticists. I thank David Dimmock for helpful feedback, though all of the blame lies squarely with me.

For a more responsible take, please read Hank Greely’s commentary.