Gifted Mind: The Dr. Raymond Damadian Story, Inventor of the MRI - Hardcover

Jeff Kinley; Raymond Damadian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0890518033 ISBN 13: 9780890518038

Publisher: Master Books, 2015

Synopsis

Find the inspiration to pursue your dreams and overcome seemingly devastating obstacles as you read the fascinating autobiography of Dr. Raymond Damadian, the inventor of the MRI. Peer into your own future as you stand on the shoulders of the man who forever changed the world of medicine resulting in countless lives being saved. Waiting inside the pages of The Gifted Mind is a life changing mentoring opportunity with a man of great faith in God and a determined purpose to do something about cancer.

Damadian is a remarkable Christian and the man behind one of the great medical breakthroughs of the 20th century. Inventing the MRI launched a now 10 billion dollar industry offering help and hope into the lives of desperately ill patients and their families. Doctor Damadian reverently credits prayer and God's prompting as catalyst and completion of this historic discovery. His experiences and accomplishments remind us that God is able to work within His people to do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine (Ephesians 3:20). What could God do through you, your children, and even your team?

Damadian persevered. He stood firm against unethical attempts to steal his invention. He endured the injustice of losing of the long awaited Nobel Prize. Learn how he reconciled these major obstacles with his faith in God and His promises.

This autobiography of Dr. Raymond Damadian, a man of God and a man of science, reveals the impossibilities awaiting those who use the gift of their minds to accomplish God's purposes. Damadian was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, joining other distinguished men, including Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Samuel F. B. Morse, and the Wright Brothers. He also received the National Medal of Technology and the Franklin Institute Medal. Within this inspiring memoir are countless life-lessons to guide you in the pursuit of your God-given destiny and the fulfillment of your dreams.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Raymond Damadian is the "father of the MRI" (Magnetic Resonance Imaging). MRI is widely recognized as "one of the great medical breakthroughs of the 20th century" and has saved and enhanced countless lives.

Damadian was born in New York and attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, received an M.D. degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, internship and residency in internal medicine at State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, postdoctoral fellow work at the Washington School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, before returning to State University of New York Health Science Center as a faculty member teaching biophysics to graduate students.

He and his wife have been married for over 50 years, and have three children. He currently works at FONAR, a company he started that focuses on development and sales of more affordable MRI machines. His numerous awards include ones from the National Medal of Technology; induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame; a Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award, Honorary Fellow; and American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

Edition details

• Publisher: Master Books
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0890518033
• ISBN 13: 9780890518038
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240