Shooting Victim Overcomes

Dr. Kolecki graduated from Thomas Jefferson University in 1988. He started training as a Doctor for the next three years at Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia. Kolecki then spent the next three years training at Lankenau Hospital in the Cardiology Department in Bryn Mawr, Pa. In 1994 Kolecki started in private practice while being associated with St. Luke’s Hospital in Bethlehem Pa.

Dr. Ryan J. Golibersuch is a native of Lexington, KY. He graduated from Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, where he played men's soccer, and then went on to receive both his Bachelor's in biology and his DMD from the University of

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Dr. Winner received her undergraduate Bachelor of Science degree from Stanford University in 2001, and then took an astounding three year break before even beginning medical school. Interestingly, she decided to enter onto the pre med track later in college and so she applied later as well, which accounted for one year of her break. However, being from Alaska, one of her desires was to go to the University of Washington in Seattle, as it was considered a state medical school because Alaska did not have one. She applied there, but was rejected. Columbia University, however, did accept her, but she did not want to go there, as she viewed it as being “halfway across the country from her.” So she asked to defer her enrollment and surprisingly, they allowed it. So, in that year

He attended the University of California (first to earn varsity letters in 4 sports) however due to financial needs he did not earn his degree.

“Interview the survivors of mass shootings and you hear these phrases a lot: Gunfire, they explain, rarely sounds like what it is… Many who have lived through the terror recall thinking it was a joke. A drill. Anything except the awful truth: that they might have only a few seconds to live” (“Stop the Violence” -Brody 220). Some people say guns make us feel safer, but in reality, they cause more harm than good. Arthur Kellermann and his colleagues concluded that, “Sadly, buying a gun does not make you safer. To the contrary, the evidence suggests that bringing a gun into your home increases the chances you will be killed” (“Feeling safe” -Vyse 27). Gun violence poses a very big threat to the U.S. “The U.S. has many more guns--and gun deaths--than any other developed country. In 2014, there were more than 33,000 such deaths in this country” (“Fight Over” 12). Guns are extremely dangerous and many deaths occur due to them, including murder, suicide, and accidental deaths, so stricter gun laws and technology should be used to decrease the number of gun deaths in the U.S.

it out of Baltimore City. Despite being a teenage mother, she made it into John Hopkins

Week three I wrote about a shooting that took place in Dallas, Texas when gunshots were fired killing five police officers. It concluded with the gunman, 25 year-old Micah Xavier Johnson of Mesquite, Texas, being shot dead by the Dallas police after attempted negotiations failed. Videos showing two men shot by police in both Louisiana and Minnesota created protests in Dallas and lead to erupting fire. The gunman's house was warranted to search; bomb-making materials, ballistic vests, rifles, ammunition, and a personal journal of combat tactics were all found. The amount of shooters were unknown, but when the shooting started twenty protesters that had been carrying rifles scattered the area. It was a very well thought-out attack that took

In 1998 Oseola McCarty, a career washer woman from Hattiesburg MA was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Southern Mississippi (USM). This was the first such such degree awarded by the university, and McCarty remains the University’s most renowned benefactor.

he’s done his time in prison and is now at fifty three years old, working as a garbage man,

A real life tragedy that occurred in September 11, 2001, left me with sincere empathy towards the New York firemen. As I read, "Healing The Hero’s Heart", by Sue E. Okenyi, It reminds me of how hard it is to lose a loved family member. Sue E. Okenyi held the position of a literature clerk for the largest video security manufacturing company taken place in Clovis, CA. Voluntarily, the firefighters in New York gave their lives to save others that had their families 3,000 miles away. Gloria Hatcher, known as “The Brownie Lady”, caused an immeasurable impact on numerous firefighters. In addition to this, Sue reached out to “The Brownie Lady” for advice to heal the hearts of New York firefighters that had to deal with working in the devastating place at Ground Zero, where piles of body parts remained.

We tend to think of every medically treatable condition as an illness, and every illness as a medically treatable condition; and that is just not the case. There are many physical factors that have a detrimental affect on our health: disease, infection, genetics, diet, injury, exhaustion, accidents, poison, warfare, pollution, heredity, birth defects, and more. All of these can be considered the cause of an unhealthy condition; but none of them are an illness. A bullet is bad for one’s health, but no one is suggesting that a gun shot wound is an illness or a disease. [Though, some community activists would call gun violence a social sickness.] No one is suggesting that a gun shot wound be treated with affirmations and prayer. [But, there are often prayer vigils and church services that aim to put an end to shooting incidents.] During recovery from a gun shot wound there may be difficulties that could properly be call illness. We could properly consider the person in recovery to not yet be well. Affirmation and prayer may be effective at this point, in re-establishing a state of well-being. Though studies have not shown that this has a beneficial affect on one’s physical recovery, an increased sense of wellness is by definition of benefit to their health.

Currently, I have been offered provisional acceptance as a member of UMass Medical’s BaccMD program. I am very grateful for this opportunity. Nonetheless, Dean Grosovsky has reminded me of the great schools I have had the honor to interact

We tend to think of every medically treatable condition as an illness, and every illness as a medically treatable condition; and that is just not the case. There are many physical factors that detrimentally affect our health: disease, infection, genetics, diet, injury, exhaustion, accidents, poison, warfare, pollution, heredity, birth defects, and more. All of these can be considered the cause of an unhealthy condition; but none of them are an illness. A bullet is bad for one’s health, but no one is suggesting that a gunshot wound is an illness or a disease. [Though, some community activists would call gun violence a social sickness.] No one is suggesting that a gunshot wound be treated with affirmations and prayer. [But, there are often prayer vigils and church services that aim to put an end to shooting incidents.] During recovery from a gunshot wound there may be difficulties that could properly be called illness. We could properly consider the person in recovery to not yet be well. Affirmation and prayer may be effective at this point, in re-establishing a state of well-being. Though studies have not shown that this affects one’s physical recovery, an increased sense of wellness is, by definition, of benefit to their health.

The stories about the sweet little boy in foster care, who always tried to cheer everyone up both broke my heart and made me smile. His message gave hope, and strength to many.