I have been very luckily treated for multiple generic disorders in America since 2001 as a result of advancing medical science and the stunning performance by physicians, surgeons, clinicians and therapists. The medical practitioners had introduced me hopes again and again. It was when I woke up from general anesthesia in Massachusetts General Hospital my surgeon explained to me the implantable device on clinic trial failed to correct my generic disorder; however he reassured me this was not the end of it and we’ll try another device expected to be available after FDA’s approval in a year. I would have a shortened life expectancy if this disorder was left untreated into my middle-age adulthood. Six years later, another doctor in South Carolina identified a …show more content…
Those components are used in implantable devices, such as cochlear implants, defibrillators, neuro stimulators, etc. I was curious to ask the cochlear device customer what the young or adult patients response when they hear the first sound in their life. Well, they are confused and afraid at first. Now as my last full time position was eliminated and I was laid off at the end Jan 2016, I ask myself, why not pursue the big dream to become a medical clinician? Even I started in my middle age, my previous work and life experience had built the stronger motivation; and I’ve built some savings to support a speech language pathology study without a full time job. I understand this program requires intensive medical-terminology-filled study in class and rigorous clinic practice, I’m confident my academic foundation, my adaptability, and hard work principals would be my assets to overcome the new challenges. I kind of did it before: Without a bachelor’s degree in business, I have successfully completed the MBA program within 3 years with a Certificate of Excellence for achieving a GPA 3.84 while working as a full time