…biochemistry, with a goal of working in the pharmaceutical industry, when he enrolled at Oakland University in 2003.
Morton changed his major to biology after being shot.
Looking back, Sheth-Zelmanski is amazed at how far her patient-turned-protégé has come. He has a wife, a daughter, and a job where he can give others hope because of the miracles of medicine.
“We knew he wasn’t going to give up,” Sheth-Zelmanski said. “We weren’t gonna give up — so we had to make it happen.”
Morton has since married his longtime girlfriend, and invited Sheth-Zelmanski and her husband to the wedding. When they arrived a little late, Morton introduced her to the guests as the surgeon who changed his life.
“She was so influential in the path I am on,” Morton said. “It seems like everything in my life is perfect. It’s like a dream come true.”
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Detroit Gunshot Survivor Life Saved By Surgeon, Now He Became One was originally published on blackdoctor.org