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June 14, 2004
There's Hope For The Rest Of Us
Imagine graduating from medical school at 60. Well, that's just what former biomechanical engineer and massage therapist, "Nic" Nicodemus, did.
His age put him in the category of nontraditional medical student, but Dr. Nicodemus is a nontraditionalist in other ways as well.
"My definition of retirement is doing what you want to do, and this is what I want to do," Dr. Nicodemus said.
As director of spine research at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, he spent seven years working alongside orthopedic surgeons, exploring how the spine functions and developing instruments to repair spine damage. Then he became interested in finding nonsurgical ways to treat back pain.
Dr. Nicodemus shared that he was interested in osteopathic manipulation and experienced in biomechanics and research. He also had trained as a massage therapist to learn about manual manipulation.
Posted by linda at June 14, 2004 12:34 PM
