World's Youngest Doctor.

Who is the youngest doctor in the world?


Balamurali Ambati became the youngest doctor in the world after graduating at age 17 from Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in 1995. He completed an ophthalmology residency at Harvard University and a fellowship in cornea and refractive surgery at Duke University. He practices and teaches at the University of Utah.

Suzann Pershing graduated from Sonoma State University in 2002 when she was 14 and from Medical School of South Carolina when she was 18. She is currently a resident of ophthalmology at Stanford University.

Recently in June 2008, Heenal Raichura, MBBS, B.Sc., from Britain (United Kingdom) became one of the youngest doctors in the world at the age of 22, with additional degree of BSc. (Anatomy and Developmental Biology) from the University College of London, having spent 6 years at the University.

Heenal entered St. George's Medical School at the age of 16. In UK, the minimum age requirement for admission to a medical school is 18 years, and the course is of 5 years. Any extra degree would require studying for further period.

Had Heenal Raichura not done additional B.Sc degree, she would have been qualified as a doctor at the age of 21 instead of 22.