Heenal Raichura - Youngest UK Doctor at 22

Heenal Raichura was accepted into university to study medicine in 2002 when she was 16, after a school career which had seen her several years ahead of classmates.

Six years later she has passed her degree and is to start work at University College London Hospital where she hopes to become a surgeon.

Dr Raichura said: Its quite a surreal feeling to actually, finally, become a doctor after six years of a degree. To finally come out at the end and say, Im a doctor, my childhood dream, is an indescribable feeling.

All I remember from when I was younger is wanting to be a doctor.

My parents tell stories about how I would come over and put my head against their chest because I didnt have a stethoscope to play with.

I was always interested in trying to figure out what was going wrong with the body.

At just nine-years-old, Heenal joined MENSA with an IQ of 170 and became the youngster person to start secondary school.

She took her GCSEs examinations early at the age of 14 at the France Bardsley School for Girls in Romford, Essex, and got 7A*, 3As and a B - the best results in her school that year.

In 2002 she notched up four grade As and one B at A-Levels at the Coopers Company and Coborn School in Upminster.

Her proud father Nalin from Rainham, Essex, 65, said: She encountered immense difficulty in finding universities that would accept her at the age of 16 because the minimum age at entry is 17 years 6 months.

She was offered a place to study medicine at St Georges University in London where she six years later she has graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree.

She received her degree at a presentation ceremony at The Barbican Centre in London in June this year (2008) and is believed to be Britains youngest doctor.

On top of the normal five years of medical study Heenal also spend an extra year to get a degree in Anatomy and Developmental Biology from the University College of London.

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[sheetalpatel99]

Congratulations! You should be very proud of yourself. You are indeed a role model for young people, you went after your dream and you achieved it through hard work and dedication. The medical field and your patients are lucky to have someone like you. May your dreams continue to come true!

Young, brainy and beautiful - what more could a patient ask for in a doctor?

[cheekychives12345]

Hennal,congratulations on acheiving your goal at a very young age. My hats off for your hardwork and dedication!

[thegeffc]

i enjoyed this vid

[GreenmeGo]

Congratulations!

[kkma1453]

@cherrysoulful Just remember that it doesn't matter what age you graduate at. Everyone graduating at 22 will eventually be 30 or 40 years old and then its worth looking at your achievements. Graduating at 22 is really quite small beer and is frequent. She has to get through medical school and pass those exams and then postgraduate ones.

[cherrysoulful]

This is unfortunately not true. As a doctor from London, I graduated at 22 having done 6 years, with a distinction in medicine, over 10 prizes and a first class degree in Immunology at 19 - from University College London. I started working as a doctor at 22, I was certainly NOT the only one at that age. I did not think it was that big a deal at the time so did not go to Indian news or the Daily Mail claiming this stuff.She is bright and deserves success but it's simply not true that 22=youngest

[kahraman]

It is great that she had the good opportunity. I was interested in many things when I was a kid. I once attended to a tutorial class 2 years senior class and was comfortable with the questions and was first to answer many questions. It was all self thought and there was no encouragement from my family or teachers. Now, I am thinking back, alas there was no such thing as skipping grades or no special training. So this graduating at an early age has a lot to do with the system.

[2pkjs1351]

ye no wonder asians get so much shit for being smart damn 

[Windzxylala]

iq of 170? that is unreal

[JonnyPxN]

@maffia440 Can't sugar coat it.

[maffia440]

@JonnyPxN well thats heart breaking