About the Author
Throughout her education, the author was well-rounded and played the piano, tenor sax and sang in her church and school select choirs. The author was always very highly respected by her teachers and peers. (The boys even let “The Duke” quarterback their touch football team!) Upon graduation from Albany Medical College, she was awarded the coveted Dean’s Senior Research Award and the only recipient of the Sandoz Award for Excellence in Ophthalmology. By the age of thirty, she became a board-certified ophthalmologist and started her solo private practice in Potomac, Maryland, a beautiful suburb of Washington, D.C. She was granted privileges at the world-renowned Johns Hopkins’ Wilmer Eye Institute and operated on many difficult eye surgeries from cataracts, retinal tears and diabetic retinopathy to LASIK. In almost fifteen years of solo practice, Dr. Duke never hurt a patient's sight. Small town girl, first doctor in her family, still, moved to the big city and did just fine… until… preview book Home · About The Author · Preview Book · News · Photos · Buy The Book · Contact Author |