Before he was one of the original architects of the hospitalist movement, John Nelson, MD, MHM, was a magician, worked in a gas station and even cleaned out an abandoned hotel with a convicted felon.In this episode of Before the White Coat, Dr. Larry Wellikson talks with Dr. Nelson about how he began doing hospitalist work well before there was a name for it – and how his career in medicine led him to that point.If you like Before the White Coat, please rate it on iTunes and share it with friends!