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5 OCS The J Featuring this month, Dr. Kim Ferguson, one of Port Perry’s more recent additions to its medical team. PART SIX Dr. Kim Ferguson Most everyone is aware that becoming a physician is an extremely difficult process, which thankfully gives us top skilled doctors to look after our needs. Years of education, amassing great debts and sacrificing per- sonal lives to reach a specific goal is a challenge few can rise to. Imagine how challenging that process must be for someone who did not start their career in medicine, but rather switched at a time when she had two toddlers at home and a very understanding husband. Dr. Kim Ferguson is that woman and she has suc- cessfully accomplished what very few people set out to do - a change in career from insurance sales to practic- ing medicine. Kim was born in Orillia. Her father, a salesperson and her mother, a bookkeeper, wanted Kim to go into business with a prominent firm where she would find security and live a traditional life. “Thad always wanted to be a doctor,” Kim ex- plained. “When kids use to play doctor the girls always wanted to be nurses. Not me,” she smiled. “I wanted to be a doctor.” The family moved to Ajax and when Kim was two they relocated again, this time to Myrtle where Kim at- tended elementary school in Brooklin. Kim's dad had always wanted to have a hobby farm and Kim enjoyed tending to horses, cows, pigs, dogs and dozens of bunnies. When Kim was about to head to high school her family moved to north Whitby away from the farm. Kim attended Henry Street High School and at 14 years of age, started her first part-time job at a real estate office where she worked on weekends. The following year she also worked at the Caddy Shack. Kim started as aclerk and by the end of high school was managing the enterprise. Surprisingly, Kim made time to date Randy Please turn to page 14 FOCUS -JULY 2010 15