Sho Kayo: The Real Life Doogie Howser, M.D.
Meet
the real life Doogie Howser, M.D. His name is Sho Kayo, and he’s getting
his M.D. from the University of Chicago at 21 years of age:
Sho Yano has been a college student for 12 years, but it’s only
recently that he looks as if he belongs, blending in with undergrad
students in a Hyde Park coffee shop.This week, the 21-year-old will complete the journey he began as
a 9-year-old college freshman, becoming the youngest student in the
University of Chicago’s history to receive an M.D.Yano was reading at age 2, writing by 3 and composing music by
his 5th birthday. He graduated from Loyola University in three years
— summa cum laude, no less. When he entered U. of C.’s prestigious
Pritzker School of Medicine at 12, it was into one of the school’s most
rigorous programs, where students get both their doctorate and medical
degrees.
Bonnie Miller Rubin of the Chicago Tribune has the story: Link
