"I got into medical school at the University of California in San Francisco and did well. A lot of smart kids in medical school, and believe me, I wasn't not nearly the smartest one, but I was the most focused and the happiest kid in medical school. In 1979, I graduated as the valedictorian and was honored with the Gold Cane Award."

Source : "From High School Dropout To Medical School Valedictorian" by Dr. Richard Carmona, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 20, 2009.

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