The HistoryMakers video oral history with Dr. Robert Satcher, Jr.

Orthopaedic surgeon and astronaut Robert Lee Satcher, Jr. was born on September 22, 1965 in Hampton, Virginia. He received his B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1986, his Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering from MIT in 1993, and his M.D. degree...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors: Satcher, Robert Lee, Jr., 1965- (Interviewee)
Crowe, Larry F. (Interviewer)
Stearns, Scott (director of photography.)
Hickey, Matthew (director of photography.)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Subjects:
Satcher, Robert Lee, > Jr., > 1965- > Interviews.
African Americans > Interviews.
African Americans.
Orthopedic Surgeon > Chemical Engineer > Astronaut.
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (The HistoryMakers)
Physical Description:1 online resource (8 video files (3 hr., 52 min., 16 sec.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
History Makers video oral history with Dr. Robert Satcher, Jr.
Dr. Robert Satcher, Jr.
Format: Electronic Video
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Summary:
Orthopaedic surgeon and astronaut Robert Lee Satcher, Jr. was born on September 22, 1965 in Hampton, Virginia. He received his B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1986, his Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering from MIT in 1993, and his M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School in 1994. From 2001 to 2008, Satcher served as a professor of orthopaedic surgery and biomedical engineering at Northwestern University and the Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. He joined NASA in 2004, and in 2009, became the first orthopaedic surgeon in space during NASA's STS-129 mission, where he performed two spacewalks. Satcher left NASA in September 2011, and served as a surgical oncologist and assistant professor at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He completed medical missions for outreach care to underserved areas in Nicaragua, Venezuela and Nigeria, and founded the eHealth Research Institute.
Call Number:E185.97
Playing Time:03:52:16
Credits:Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Participant or Performer:
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Event Details:
Recorded Houston, Texas 2014 March 3.
Recorded Houston, Texas 2014 May 7.
Source of Description:
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