It seemed only a matter of time before Justin Boyd would enter the profession of dentistry, since three generations of dentists preceded him. But juggling life as a Division I student-athlete made the pre-med life one based on time management and soul searching. A post-game conversation and a look outside the day-to-day work of patient care helped make up his mind on the path to choose. Find out how sometimes observing those closest to you can give you useful information about the life you should be living.
Guest Justin Boyd, Dartmouth '96, may have been destined to practice dentistry with three generations of dentists on his father’s side preceding him. But as captain of the men’s lacrosse team, Justin realized his first job was to learn to juggle his role as a student-athlete (and fraternity member) with his pre-med studies.
Knowing dentistry wasn’t the only game in town, he found himself seeking advice from a teammate’s father who was a prescient physician: He told him that it appeared that general medicine of the future was going to be in the hands of big insurance and that dentistry would remain rather insulated from that trend. At the same time, Justin looked around at the lifestyle that dentistry afforded his father—who could stop seeing patients in Manhattan at noon and still make a mid-week lacrosse game in Hanover to see him—and the path seemed clear.
In this episode, find out from Justin how sometimes observing those closest to you can give you useful information about the life you should be living …on ROADS TAKEN...with Leslie Jennings Rowley.
About This Episode's Guest
Justin Boyd is among the fourth generation of Boyds to practice dentistry in the family business, a mainstay of dentistry in mid-town Manhattan since 1930. Though he may be on the sidelines or among the coaching staff at one of his five kids' games when you look for him, you can try to find him at drsboyd.com.
BONUS EPISODE NOTE: Listen to the Roads Diverged bonus episode with Justin published on November 6 in which he discusses how his practice was shut down at the start of the Coronavirus, how he and his family used the time to rethink dental care in this modern age, and what the practice has felt like since reopening.
Executive Producer/Host: Leslie Jennings Rowley
Music: Brian Burrows