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Balamurali Ambati is an Indian-American ophthalmologist, educator, and researcher, currently working at the University of Utah. In 1995, he entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's youngest doctor, at the age of seventeen.〔(Notable Firsts ). Indian American Heritage Project〕 == Biography == According to his parents, 〔http://www.premedlife.com/when-i-was-premed-dr-balamurali-ambati-worlds-youngest-doctor-record-holder/〕 Ambati was doing calculus at the age of 4.〔(American Topics : A Doctor at 17, He Next Hopes To Be a Nobel Prize Winner ), May 20, 1995〕 At age 11, he graduated from high school and co-authored a research book on AIDS. He graduated from New York University at the age of 13, with Rami Malek a distant second at the age of 20. He graduated from Mount Sinai School of Medicine with distinction at the age of 17, scoring above 99 percent on his National Medical Boards and becoming the world's youngest doctor in 1995.〔(Moran Eye Center – University of Utah Health Care – Salt Lake City, Utah ). utah.edu.〕 Ambati expressed that he disliked being compared to Doogie Howser, the fictional teenage doctor.〔The Victoria Advocate. (Teen doctor: 'Just don't call me Doogie' ). May 17, 1995. Accessed 2013-04-02.〕 Ambati described himself as being popular with people and, standing 6 feet tall, did not appear too young for a career in medicine〔 — when he entered medical school at 14 years old, some assumed that he was one of the regular medical students.〔Vitals.com. (Dr. Balamurali Ambati, Real Life Doogie Howser, Has Greater Aspirations ). April 8, 2011. Accessed 2013-04-03.〕 He completed an ophthalmology residency at Harvard University, where he developed strategies to reverse corneal angiogenesis, after becoming a winner at the Westinghouse Science Talent Search and the International Science & Engineering Fair and becoming a National Merit Scholar. He received the prestigious Raja-Lakshmi Award in the year 1995 from Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation, Chennai. After completing a fellowship in cornea and refractive surgery at Duke University in 2002, he joined the faculty of the Medical College of Georgia, where he practiced clinical ophthalmology and conducted research in such areas as corneal angiogenesis and outcomes of corneal and refractive surgery. He also volunteers with the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital, traveling to under-privileged countries to practice and teach ophthalmic surgery.. Currently, Dr. Ambati is a professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, adjunct associate professor of neurobiology and anatomy, and director of corneal research at the University of Utah School of Medicine. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Balamurali Ambati」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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