Oncologist unknowing mentor to a patient – now a doctor himself
January 3, 2009 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Many kids say they want to be a doctor when they grow up – especially if they or someone they love has been seriously ill. But, as life takes us through its twists and turns, not as many who say they’ll be doctors actually become them. And then there are the special ones.
There’s a great story over at ctv.ca, about a doctor who treated a 12-year-old for cancer, replacing cancerous bone in the knee with a prosthetic knee. Now, several years later, this patient, 28-year-old Trevor Banka, MD, is a second year resident (training period after you get your medical degree), specializing in oncology, just like his mentor, Michael Mott, MD.
You can read about this story in the article, Doctor, former patient now colleagues in Detroit.
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Tags: cancer blog, oncology
