Report to the Community - Samuel Merritt University
Report to the Community - Samuel Merritt University
Report to the Community - Samuel Merritt University
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ePort <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> community 2010 — 2011<br />
donor profile<br />
one family’s health crisis results in Aiding<br />
future healthcare Practitioners<br />
pradip choksi is a respected biomedical engineer,<br />
marathon runner and mountain climber who scaled<br />
mt. whitney in one day—on two separate occasions.<br />
but on may 15, 2004 his world was shattered when an<br />
unfortunate accident devastated pradip’s speech, mo<strong>to</strong>r<br />
skills and emotional well-being.<br />
during a leisurely bike ride, pradip suffered a debilitating<br />
head injury and, despite<br />
wearing a helmet, was<br />
in a coma for three<br />
weeks. <strong>the</strong> man<br />
who once climbed<br />
mountains now<br />
couldn’t crawl<br />
from his hospital<br />
bed, get dressed<br />
or form simple<br />
sentences. although<br />
his condition was<br />
extremely serious,<br />
with <strong>the</strong> help of several<br />
skilled doc<strong>to</strong>rs and<br />
<strong>the</strong>rapists, pradip<br />
learned <strong>to</strong> walk<br />
again and function at a level many thought not possible.<br />
testament <strong>to</strong> pradip’s character, his spirit and drive <strong>to</strong><br />
achieve remained intact.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Choksi established <strong>the</strong><br />
Pradip and Rekha Choksi Occupational<br />
Therapy Endowed Scholarship Fund as<br />
a way <strong>to</strong> financially assist OT and PT<br />
students at <strong>Samuel</strong> <strong>Merritt</strong> <strong>University</strong>.<br />
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