BETHLEHEM — Taj Singh, MD, took the circuitous route to becoming a doctor, starting out as a high school chemistry teacher before deciding to enter Temple/St. Luke’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine, according to a St. Luke’s University Health Network press release amplifying the network’s debt relief program.
Now an internal medicine resident with SLUHN, Singh is following in the footsteps of his father, who was a primary care physician in Mahanoy City, and his sister, who is an oral surgeon.
Although medical school is typically the start of a rewarding career, it’s also an expensive step. Debt accrual, according to release, is a fact of life for many medical students. About 70 percent of medical school graduates nationwide…