Adam De Fazio: Former Lawyer, Future Urologist

After Adam De Fazio finished college at Columbia, he attended law school and became a corporate lawyer focusing on mergers and acquisitions. This week, he graduated from Columbia again, this time with an MD degree and a future as a urologist.

“I was young when I went to law school, and sometimes you have to try something to find out what’s not right for you,” says Dr. De Fazio. “I liked the law, but I felt disconnected from the real world.” Since enrolling in P&S, he has become a husband and a father.

Having enjoyed anatomy, he was attracted to pediatric urology after hearing a guest speaker talk about the field.

He was born in New Haven, Conn., where his father was finishing a residency in ob/gyn. The younger Dr. De Fazio will begin a residency in urology at the University of Minnesota this summer.

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