<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-29/magazine/fall-2021/keeping-medicine-all-family.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Keeping Medicine All in the Family</title><excerpt>Dr. Rob Hughes ’04 worked in the Westmont Health Center as a student and aspired to return one day and direct it. A fourth- generation doctor, he knew at a young age he’d pursue medicine. “It’s in my genes,” he says. Dr. David Hernandez, the college’s physician, served as a role model for Rob, a premed student who majored in chemistry. “I was inspired by his Introduction to Medicine course, and I witnessed firsthand his demeanor and love for his student patients,” Rob says. “He taught me that if you spend enough time with patients, they’ll lead you to the diagnosis.”</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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