After studying for seven years at Kaohsiung Medical College and then performing his military service, Shee went to America to be an intern in surgery at the New Jersey Medical School. There he would encounter an experience that would also change his life.
顯微鏡中天地寬在高雄醫學院度過七年寒暑，服完兵役後，施哲三就飛往美國，在紐澤西醫學院醫學中心當外科實習醫師，隨即又發生一件事，讓他的人生再度急轉彎。