Dr. Ted Mazer, an otolaryngologist in San Diego and president-elect of the California Medical Association, recently talked to The San Diego Union-Tribune about the choices facing the new administration in Washington.

Some OB/GYNs deliver their first baby in a brightly lit, sterile operating room of a big city. Dr. Raleigh Unterseher delivered his to a proud mama cow in a barn in Milton-Freewater, Oregon.

Dr. Gregory Buncke's passion for medicine started in his family’s garage. His father, Harry, now considered the “Father of Microsurgery,” had set up a lab there.

Dr. Vilaivan Tarin has run a well-respected medical practice for nearly 40 years. Some doctors might be tempted to coast on their hard-won reputation. Dr. Tarin is not one of them.

The new payer paradigm – the need to deliver higher quality at lower costs to get paid by Medicare – means there’s a real need to change. Everybody’s trying to figure out, ‘how do we do this?'," says Dr. Edward Cohen.