I have been fascinated with the human body, rescue and medicine for as long as I can remember.  I learned and participated in many things outside of school when I was young.  I played the saxophone, took martial arts classes, played many different sports and was in the Boy Scouts.  At nine years old I was the youngest person in California to be certified in Vertical Rescue (saving people trapped on the side of a cliff).  I received certifications in Confined Space Rescue, Vertical Rescue I and II, Swift Water Rescue I and II, Wilderness Survival, Snow Survival, Avalanche Training, and Man Tracking. I became an instructor in many of these areas and taught them to search and rescue personnel, fire departments, police and SWAT teams as well as teenagers for over 10 years.  I took medical first response courses and got my First Responder and then my EMT (Emergency Medical Technician which is the same as a basic paramedic) when I was still a teenager. I used these skills as a volunteer fireman for 6 years, responding to medical emergencies, vehicle accidents, structure (buildings that were on fire) and wild land fires.  I was on Search and Rescue for 6 years responding to emergency calls of people lost, trapped in floods, rivers or on the side of a cliff. I also participated and helped lead teams for evidence recovery for the police, and body recoveries.  I served as one of the leaders and trainers on many searches and training scenarios. I also served as vice-president for our Search and Rescue team for two years.  These experiences taught me so much.  I have had to go into a raging river and check to see if the victims trapped in a car were alive.  I’ve been short hauled by helicopters (hung 20 meters below a helicopter by rope while it was flying), driven through wild land fires with flames 15 meters high on either side, and had numerous other adventures that have taught me the value of proper training and education.

I received a Bachelors Degree in Physics during a four year Pre-medical program at Creighton University, a top Catholic University in the US.  My emphasis was Medical Physics, which is all of the physics behind medical imagery (CT, PET scans, X-rays, etc.) and nuclear medicine.  We learned about calculating dosage rates of patients receiving radiation treatment for cancer and many other physics concepts used in medicine. After finishing my degree I worked for one year as a Medical Physicist calibrating radiographic and other image producing equipment.  I also worked as a laboratory supervisor in my country’s leading Osteoporosis research center.  I designed and carried out experiments, tested and analyzed results.  My largest project was determining whether smoking cigarettes led to increased bone density loss (Osteoporosis).  Incidentally, it does by a rather significant measure. I took my MCATs (Medical College Admission Test) and was prepared to go to medical school when I decided against it.

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