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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

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Stories and content by Jena Barchas Lichtenstein

The cowboy surgeon general

By Jena Barchas Lichtenstein / July 11, 2002
Dr. Richard Carmona is a trauma surgeon who took eight years to gain board certification after failing the exam twice. Dr. Carmona is also President Bush’s nominee for Surgeon General. One might imagine that, when he was a four-year-old, Richard Carmona had a bad day and his well-meaning preschool teacher told a tearful Mrs. Carmona...
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