Pediatric brain surgeon rocks as Elvis
Breast Cancer Treatment January 26th. 2008, 1:56pmSubmitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
“I’m a pediatric neurosurgeon. I’ve done that for a long time. But I’ve always felt that my true calling was the stage. The only problem is that I really have virtually no talent whatsoever,” says Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland and Elvis impersonator Dr Alan Cohen.
According to Dr Cohen, pediatric brain cancer is the number one cause of cancer death for children and it is his job to save lives. But he goes one step further in calming nerves and inspiring hope for his very young and very frightened patients. One of his former patients said, “When I came here I was so scared, like I was probably gonna die and he was able to calm me down and realize I was gonna survive and I was gonna be able to live again.”
Once word got out that Dr Cohen was a fan of the King, people started sending him Elvis memorabilia. Now, each year on the anniversary of Elvis Presley’s birthday, Dr Cohen does his best Elvis impression and gives a concert as Elvis. Video of ABC Good Morning America features Dr Cohen in Surgeon Rocks to Elvis in OR is available online here.
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