OC wants to honor individuals and businesses who have made or continue to make significant contributions to the field of education.
Dr. Sudip Bose
Physician, Veteran, Eentrepreneur, Educator
Dr. Sudip Bose is a distinguished emergency medicine physician, decorated combat veteran, educator, and entrepreneur. He earned his medical degree from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine at the age of 25 and completed his emergency medicine residency at Darnall Army Medical Center in Fort Hood, Texas.
Dr. Bose served 12 years in the U.S. Army, including a 15-month deployment during the Iraq War—the longest combat tour by a physician since World War II. During this time, he provided frontline medical care in Baghdad, Najaf, and Fallujah, and was selected to treat Saddam Hussein after his capture in 2003. For his exemplary service, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Combat Medical Badge.
In his civilian career, Dr. Bose has become a leading figure in mass casualty, disaster medicine, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). He has treated victims in major incidents, including the 2019 Midland-Odessa shooting. As an advocate for veterans' health, he founded "The Battle Continues," a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting veterans.
An esteemed educator, Dr. Bose has held faculty positions at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and the University of Illinois College of Medicine. He is also a trusted medical correspondent, with appearances on CNN, MSNBC, and CBS News, and features in Time Magazine and The Washington Post.
Dr. Bose's contributions have been recognized with accolades such as the "CNN Hero" award and being named one of the "Leading Physicians of the World" by the International Association of Healthcare Professionals.
Currently, Dr. Bose serves as an attending emergency physician at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa, Texas, and stars in the Amazon Prime Video docuseries "Desert Doc," which chronicles his experiences in emergency medicine.
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