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Oluwole G. Ajao, MD, FRCS(C)
Ibadan, Nigeria

JAMA. 1975;233(11):1166.

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To the Editor.—

Permit me to thank the United States of America for what she has done for me.

On Jan 7, 1967-the middle of winter in the United States—a lonely figure in summer jacket arrived at O'Hare Airport, Chicago, after about a 16-hour flight from hot and humid Nigeria. The lonely figure was in the United States for a rotating internship, to be followed by a residency program in surgery. That lonely figure was I.

After about eight years in the United States and passing through about three hospitals, I finally completed my surgical residency at St Mary's Hospital, Rochester, NY. After this, I had a 1 1/2-year fellowship for renal transplantation and hemodialysis at Bellevue and New York University Hospitals. During the course of my residency program, I obtained my Canadian Board certification (FRCS). I have just recently passed part 1 of the American Board examination.

My wife, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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