Stanislaw_Lem could have been a doctor, but chose a different path. However, he still had an extensive medical background.
https://solaris.lem.pl/o-lemie/artykuly/60-artykuly/232-artykul-fialkowski
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislaw_Lem#Rise_to_fame
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislaw_Lem#Writing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_Stanislaw_Lem_and_their_adaptations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summa_Technologiae (1964)
A fine story about life and alien consciousness on an aquatic world.
https://english.lem.pl/arround-lem/adaptations/solarisq-tarkovsky
https://english.lem.pl/arround-lem/adaptations/solaris-soderbergh/147-the-solaris-station
