Tony Hansberry; Doogie Howser is Black!

in Health/Wellness by tigger500 — August 3, 2009 at 9:31 pm | 2 comments

Tony Hansberry II, a 14-year-old kid, has already done more in his life than I have done in mine.

And I’m twice – TWICE – his age.

This is the kind of thing that can give a brother a complex.  You know, if I was insecure, or something (or remembering what I was doing at 14).  But then Young Tony is a cool Black kid who invented something. 

And not just anything.  Something pretty damn cool and useful:

Tony Hansberry II isn’t waiting to finish medical school to contribute to improved medical care. He has already developed a stitching technique that can be used to reduce surgical complications, as well as the chance of error among less experienced surgeons.

“I’ve always had a passion for medicine,” he said in a recent interview. “The project I did was, basically, the comparison of novel laparoscopic instruments in doing a hysterectomy repair.”

You would think the use of the words “laparoscopic instruments” or “hysterectomy” would be showing off.  But a paragraph later:

In April, the brilliant teen presented his findings at a medical conference at the University of Florida before an audience of doctors and board-certified surgeons.

I need to do something with my life. 

In all seriousness.  This is dope.  Would that we heard more stories about young Blacks doin stuff like this.

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