Hello all,
My name is Brandon Kennedy and I am an M4 from WSUSOM. I recently matched into Ophthalmology at my dream program, The Moran Eye Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
My passion for medicine was very unexpected as I descend from many generations of craftsmen, all of whom worked with their hands and struggled to make ends meet. My life revolved around basketball growing up as it became an outlet for me early in life. I was blessed to have eventually earned an athletic scholarship to play at the collegiate level, making me the first person in my family to attend college. My devotion to athletics quickly evolved into a fascination of the human body but my appreciation for medicine developed as the result of a freak eye injury that occurred during my first college basketball game... a laceration to my upper eyelid and lacrimal canal. One Crawford tube and six months later, I found myself healthy and shadowing the Ophthalmologist who performed my surgery. His ability to comfort patients and what seemed to be magic in the operating room captivated me, I was determined to be become a physician.
As a first generational college student and having no one in my family within the medical field, I had no idea what I signed up for. I grew up in a broken home in a small town and was raised by a single mother of three without a degree or help. These early life hardships and obstacles have been the driving force and backbone in my journey of life. Many people are dealt much worse cards but these humble beginnings continue to push me to strive to be the best the person, student, future Ophthalmologist and family man I can be. I believe our flaws, failures and struggles make us human and the lessons we learn from these allow us to incorporate humanistic qualities into all aspects of life. I am so honored and thankful to be apart of the Gold Humanism Honor Society and be surround by so many inspiring people.
My name is Brandon Kennedy and I am an M4 from WSUSOM. I recently matched into Ophthalmology at my dream program, The Moran Eye Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
My passion for medicine was very unexpected as I descend from many generations of craftsmen, all of whom worked with their hands and struggled to make ends meet. My life revolved around basketball growing up as it became an outlet for me early in life. I was blessed to have eventually earned an athletic scholarship to play at the collegiate level, making me the first person in my family to attend college. My devotion to athletics quickly evolved into a fascination of the human body but my appreciation for medicine developed as the result of a freak eye injury that occurred during my first college basketball game... a laceration to my upper eyelid and lacrimal canal. One Crawford tube and six months later, I found myself healthy and shadowing the Ophthalmologist who performed my surgery. His ability to comfort patients and what seemed to be magic in the operating room captivated me, I was determined to be become a physician.
As a first generational college student and having no one in my family within the medical field, I had no idea what I signed up for. I grew up in a broken home in a small town and was raised by a single mother of three without a degree or help. These early life hardships and obstacles have been the driving force and backbone in my journey of life. Many people are dealt much worse cards but these humble beginnings continue to push me to strive to be the best the person, student, future Ophthalmologist and family man I can be. I believe our flaws, failures and struggles make us human and the lessons we learn from these allow us to incorporate humanistic qualities into all aspects of life. I am so honored and thankful to be apart of the Gold Humanism Honor Society and be surround by so many inspiring people.