Longtime Premier Health Physician Values International Upbringing

George T. Broderick Jr., MD, specializes in interventional cardiology at Good Samaritan Hospital (closed in 2018).

What brought you to Premier Health?
Working at Good Samaritan Hospital since 1993

Why did you choose medicine as a career?
The combination of science and art

Where did you go to school?
BS – University of Notre Dame; MD – Wright State University School of Medicine; residency – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; fellowship – University of Chicago

Who are the people who influenced and/or mentored you?
My parents; an English teacher in high school; and my co-residents in medicine in Boston

What is one thing most people don’t know about you?
I lived in Rome, Italy, and Stuttgart, Germany, in high school.

Where is your hometown?
No hometown, Air Force brat

What, if any, sports team(s) do you cheer for?
The Chicago Bears

What is the last book you read?
“The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States During Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896”

What is your favorite song in your playlist?
Mozart's “Requiem”

What is your favorite food?
Steak

What is your favorite hobby?
Reading

Where is your favorite vacation spot?
Chicago; it's on a lake

Describe something for which you are especially thankful:
My childhood with my family and parents growing up around the world

Pick a Side

iPhone or Android?
Android

Early bird or night owl?
Night owl

Beach bum or mountain hiker?
Beach bum

Dress shoes or tennis shoes?
Dress shoes

Paperback or e-reader?
Hardcover

Coffee or tea?
Coffee

Cooking or baking?
Order out

Sweet or salty?
Salty 

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