A pioneer of the artificial heart, he barely made it as a physician:
Jarvik is a medical doctor, but not with the strongest credentials. When he finished Syracuse University his grades did not permit entry into a U.S. medical school. So, he enrolled at the University of Bologna, Italy, but left after two years. Eventually Jarvik decided the mechanical aspects of the body fascinated him and he earned a master’s degree in medical engineering from New York University.
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How does a master’s degree qualify one to be called be a medical doctor?
According to the link, he got the MD at Univ. of Utah.
I think many people do not practice medicine after getting their MD degree,for one reason or another; but do you get the degree without an internship?
So what’s your point? That he didn’t jump through the right hoops or is somehow inferior since he doesn’t practice medicine? I think the joke is on those of us with Ivy league medical degrees that are worth less than a plumber’s license!
he got his MD from Utah 1976 … and no, you don’t need to do an internship to be an MD, but you do need one to get a full license to practice. Designing plumbing equipment isn’t practicing medicine ….
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