Sho Yano
{{Short description|American physician (born 1990)}}
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| birthname = Yano Shō
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1990}}
| birth_place = Portland, Oregon, United States
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| occupation = Physician
| yearsactive = 1993–present
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{{nihongo|Sho Timothy Yano|矢野 祥|Yano Shō|extra=born 1990}}{{cite web|title=Boy Prodigy Now a Doctor and Young Man|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/06/03/college-freshman-at-age-9-medical-degree-at-21/|publisher=chicagotribune.com|access-date=4 June 2012|author=Bonnie Miller Rubin|date=3 June 2012}} is an American physician. Yano is a former child prodigy who entered Loyola University Chicago at the age of nine.
Life and education
Yano's mother, Kyung, is originally from South Korea, while his father, Katsura, is originally from Japan.{{cite web |last=Marin |first=Carol |date=June 5, 2001 |title=Boy Wonder |url=http://uttm.com/stories/2000/12/05/60II/main254786.shtml |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728042356/http://uttm.com/stories/2000/12/05/60II/main254786.shtml |archivedate=July 28, 2009 |accessdate=2009-08-25 |publisher=CBS News, 60 Minutes II}} Yano reportedly was reading by age two, writing by age three, playing classical music on the piano at age four, and composing by age five. He went to the Mirman School as a child. After scoring 1500 out of 1600 on the SAT at age eight, he graduated from the American School of Correspondence at age nine{{cite web|title=American School Graduate Becomes Youngest U. of Chicago M.D. Recipient|url=http://www.americanschoolofcorr.com/american-school-graduate-becomes-youngest-u-of-chicago-m-d-recipient|publisher=American School Records}} then entered Loyola University Chicago also at age nine, graduating summa cum laude at age 12. He then entered the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago in the MSTP (Medical Scientist Training Program), which is designed for those seeking to earn an MD and PhD. He was awarded a doctorate in molecular genetics and cell biology there in 2009, at the age of 18.{{cite web|title=12-year-old begins medical school at the University of Chicago|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-08-24-prodigy-school_x.htm|publisher=USAToday.com|accessdate=5 April 2012|author=Anne Ryan|date=2003-08-24}} He entered his third year of medical school at the University of Chicago in 2009, becoming at age 21 the youngest person to graduate with an MD from the University of Chicago, for which he has been called a "real-life Doogie Howser".Enjoli Francis. [https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/06/m-d-at-21-sho-yano-is-real-life-doogie-howser/ M.D. at 21, Sho Yano Is Real-Life ‘Doogie Howser’]. 2012-06-04. Accessed 2013-04-02. He became a pediatric neurology resident at the University of Chicago.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
According to Yano, he owes much of his success to his mother, who noticed his superior intellectual capabilities at an early age and helped encourage and motivate him through rigorous academic enrichment. His mother also homeschooled him through the 12th grade, saying she felt other students his age would not be as interested in their studies.{{cite web|title=Meet Chicago's Sibling Geniuses|url=http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/genius-siblings-92735089.html|publisher=NBCChicago.com|accessdate=5 April 2012|author=Carol Marin and Don Moseley|date=May 3, 2010}} Sho's younger sister Sayuri (born 1996) also exhibits prodigious talents in both academic studies and music; she graduated Roosevelt University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in biology degree. She later became a Bachelor of Music student majoring in violin performance at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University.
See also
References
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;General
- Psychology, Themes and Variations. Fourth Canadian Edition. By Wayne Weiten and Doug McCann. Chapter 9, Intelligence and Psychological Testing; Giftedness.
External links
- [http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/5/30 Sho's coauthored research article, from BMC Evolutionary Biology]
- [http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200611/kt2006112317343952910.htm His mother writes book on experience, sister joins Sho at college] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070408084839/http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200611/kt2006112317343952910.htm |date=2007-04-08 }}
- [http://www.wgntv.com/search/wgntv-young-phd-aug30,0,6305164.story Graduate gets his PhD at age 18]
- [https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-08-24-prodigy-school_x.htm 12-year-old begins medical school at University of Chicago]
- [http://www.mt.co.kr/view/mtview.php?type=1&no=2009082708301857696&outlink=1 IQ200 한국계 18세 천재소년 박사학위]
- [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15339733 Sho playing on From the Top NPR]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100212215304/http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/aboutus/advertising/radiospot/2004/040217_yaho_trans.html Sho Yano's radio essay]
- [http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/genius-siblings-92735089.html Meet Chicago's Sibling Geniuses]
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Category:American physicians of Japanese descent
Category:American physicians of Korean descent
Category:American people of South Korean descent
Category:Loyola University Chicago alumni
Category:Pritzker School of Medicine alumni