Balamurali Ambati
The following is Balamurali Ambati’s biography:
Childhood and Schooling
Born on July 29, 1977, in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India; moved to Buffalo, New York, with his family when he was three years old; graduated at the age of eleven from Baltimore City College; at the age of thirteen from New York University; and at the age of seventeen from Mount Sinai School of Medicine with a medical degree
Career:
Completed his fellowship at Duke University; and completed his residence at Harvard University
– Is employed at the Pacific Clear Vision Institute in Eugene, Oregon; – Has volunteered with the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital, visiting impoverished nations to perform and instruct eye surgery;
Successes
– Is the youngest doctor in the world, holding the Guinness World Record – Achieved a score of more than 99 per cent on his National Medical Boards– Recipient of the Troutman-Véronneau Prize from the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology in 2013; – Recipient of the Fourth IRDS Awards for Medicine; – 2014 Ludwig von Sallmann Clinician-Scientist Award from the ARVO Foundation
Personal life
He gave a kidney to a 16-year-old Idaho boy in 2011; his brother Jayakrishna is a doctor as well, and the two of them co-wrote an HIV/AIDS study book.
The life of Balamurali Ambati is a tribute to the strength of willpower, diligence, and intelligence. His exploits in the medical sector have inspired many, and he has attained extraordinary success.