About
American doctor and inventor of the first Magnetic Resonance Scanning Machine. In 1977, he became the first person to carry out a full body scan of a human in order to diagnose cancer.
Before Fame
He earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1956 and an M.D. degree from Albert Einstein College in Medicine in 1960.
Trivia
He was the recipient of many awards including a National Medal of Technology in 1988.
Family Life
He was born to an Armenian family in New York.
Associated With
Ben Carson is also an award-winning medical professional.
