Kelsey Diemer feels the same energy as a doctor that she did a few years ago when she was among the best 3-point shooters in college basketball.
Only this is no game. Her current opponent: The coronavirus. And while there’s no parallel between a pandemic and a sporting event, Diemer sees value to taking the same approach now as a doctor as she did when she was an athlete: She simply needs to find a way to prevail. “Medicine in general speaks to that athlete side of me,” said Diemer, former guard at Florida Gulf Coast. “I want to win, and winning means that our patients get better.” She’s not alone in that feeling.
Several former athletes who now work in medicine and stand on the front lines of this fight shared their stories in recent days