As a child born in Italy during World War I, Dr. Salvatore Forcina's early years were spent poverty-stricken and without proper shelter. Like many Italians at the time, his parents followed a migration to Argentina. Shortly after arriving in Argentina, he was indoctrinated and abused in a Catholic boarding school for seven years, as they offered the only available avenue for "educating" the boy.
His indefatigable determination eventually compelled him to enter and graduate from medical school, emigrate to America and become the chief of surgery at two major hospitals.
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00:00 - Intro with The American Doctor
01:48 - Life in Italy during
WW2 03:54 - Immigrating to Argentina
10:35 - Catholic boarding school in Argentina
21:35 - Role models, importance of family, and studying medicine
29:24 - Acculturating to Argentina and the United States as an Italian
33:40 - How to overcome adversity & Victor Frankl’s Man’s Pursuit of Meaning.
49:30 - Opinions about American healthcare.
01:00:07 - The importance of immigrants.
Dr. Forcina's Immigration Story: Italy - Argentina - America