{"id":1234,"date":"2026-06-17T08:53:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/foundation\/?p=1234"},"modified":"2026-06-17T08:53:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:53:19","slug":"curiosity-led-success-defined-at-ball-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/foundation\/2026\/06\/17\/curiosity-led-success-defined-at-ball-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Curiosity-Led Success Defined at Ball State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.mdanderson.org\/profiles\/patricia_brock.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Patricia Brock<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the journey from a small-town Indiana girl to a senior executive at a world-renowned cancer center began at Ball State University, fueled by a persistent and life-shaping sense of curiosity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As one of seven children, Patricia followed her father\u2019s lead to Muncie; he believed Ball State was a better, less &#8220;rowdy&#8221; fit for his daughters than other state schools. When he dropped her off at her dorm, he gave her a simple, silent reminder that she was now on her own. It was a moment she recalls as the start of her transformation from a &#8220;naive little girl&#8221; to a professional &#8220;ready to take on the world&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Patricia\u2019s foundational years were defined by the rigorous demands of the nursing program, which she describes as a \u201cvery tough\u201d but essential preparation for her career. Her daily life was a cycle of early mornings, picking up prepared lunches from the cafeteria, and crossing campus in the \u201cwee hours\u201d to begin clinical check-ins. While the rest of the student body was still asleep, she found a sense of accomplishment in having completed her first tasks by 8:00 a.m..\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Life on campus in the 1970s was a world without cell phones or personal cars, where Brock and her friends would hitchhike to the mall or use \u201cdrive boards\u201d to coordinate rides with complete strangers to get home for the weekend.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Understanding Why<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After graduating magna cum laude in 1975, Patricia entered the nursing profession but soon found herself feeling &#8220;unsettled&#8221;. Her natural curiosity meant she was never satisfied with just following protocols; she wanted to understand the &#8220;why&#8221; behind the medical treatments she was administering.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While working in a busy ICU, she observed medical students and began to wonder if she could achieve that same depth of knowledge. Despite having no doctors in her family, she pursued prerequisites at the University of Louisville while still working as a nurse, eventually realizing, &#8220;this is the path I want to go on&#8221; after discovering a love for physics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This pursuit of knowledge led to a medical degree in 1983 and a high-pressure surgical residency at UT Southwestern and UT San Antonio. Patricia described this five-year surgical program as a &#8220;crazy joyful mix,&#8221; balancing grueling training with the birth of her first two children.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #ba0c2f\">\u201cIt was very hard, but it was fun,\u201d Patricia said. \u201cI just felt like that\u2019s where I was meant to be.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_1249\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1249\" class=\"wp-image-1249 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/05\/27101304\/Unknown-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"Dr. Patricia Brock's family. She sits in the middle with her grandchildren.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/05\/27101304\/Unknown-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/05\/27101304\/Unknown-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/05\/27101304\/Unknown-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/05\/27101304\/Unknown-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/05\/27101304\/Unknown-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of Dr. Patricia Brock&#8217;s family gatherings.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After a ten-year career as a general surgeon, she reached a crossroads and chose to step back from her practice to focus on her four children, famously noting, &#8220;you are the only mom these kids have&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, her curiosity did not rest during this hiatus. Sparked by a random advertisement in a medical journal and a life-changing trip to El Salvador, she founded Medical Bridges in 1997. This nonprofit recovers medical surplus to help developing nations and has since distributed over $110 million worth of supplies to more than 107 countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #ba0c2f\">\u201cMy career has evolved greatly. I never thought I would work at a cancer center,\u201d Patricia said. \u201cI have had different life trajectories, but each one taught me more about myself.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4><strong>Leading the Cause<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Patricia eventually returned to the workforce, serving six years in the ER at Ben Taub Hospital before transitioning to MD Anderson Cancer Center, where she has spent the last 16 years. At MD Anderson, she became a pioneer in the field of oncologic emergency medicine, co-founding national conferences and fellowships for the specialty.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1248 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/05\/27101238\/IMG_3064-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Dr. Brock in her office with her APP colleague Morgan Bruno. \" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/05\/27101238\/IMG_3064-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/05\/27101238\/IMG_3064.jpeg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today, her career has come &#8220;full circle&#8221;. As the Executive Medical Director of Inpatient Operations, she administratively sits within the Division of Nursing, leading in a &#8220;dyad relationship&#8221; with other nurse leaders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reflecting on her diverse trajectory, Patricia credits Ball State as the &#8220;confidence builder&#8221; that allowed her to take risks.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #ba0c2f\">\u201cMaintain a sense of curiosity about your profession and the world at large,\u201d she said, encouraging current students. \u201cTake a risk because you&#8217;ll find the growth in it that can spur confidence to take on something else.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you are interested in building the next generation of medical providers like Dr. Patricia, then please consider making a <a href=\"https:\/\/connect.bsu.edu\/give\">gift<\/a> to the College of Health today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Dr. Patricia Brock, the journey from a small-town Indiana girl to a senior executive at a world-renowned cancer center began at Ball State University, fueled by a persistent and life-shaping sense of curiosity.\u00a0 As one of seven children, Patricia followed her father\u2019s lead to Muncie; he believed Ball State was a better, less &#8220;rowdy&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":440,"featured_media":1247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,2,73],"tags":[25,71,14],"class_list":["post-1234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-features","category-foundation","tag-alumni","tag-alumni-engagement","tag-cardinal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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