Kellie Lim

Kellie Lim

Kellie Lim, a triple amputee due to bacterial meningitis at age 8,Cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-kellie27may27,0,5570514.story?coll=la-home-center|title=Dream Defies Loss of Limbs|accessdate=2008-03-07|year=2007-05-27|author=Larry Gordon|work=Los Angeles Times] graduated near the top of her class at UCLA medical school in 2007 after having been given only a 15% chance of survival.Cite web|url=http://www.nbc5.com/openaccess/12298678/detail.html|title=Student to Become Pediatrician With 1 Arm, 2 Fingers|accessdate=2008-03-07|publisher=WMAQ Chicago|year=2007-05-29] Lim was born in Michigan and raised by her blind mother, Sandy Lim, in Detroit.Cite web|url=http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/archives/id/41455/|title=Meningitis Survivor Fulfills Dream|accessdate=2008-03-07|year=2007-06-10|author=Jane Der|work=Daily Bruin] She cites her experience as an ill child as the reason she has chosen to become a pediatrician. She does not use a prosthetic arm, and performs most medical procedures with just one arm. She uses prosthetic legs to walk.Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/05/29/amputee.student/index.html|title=Triple Amputee to Graduate from Medical School|accessdate=2008-03-07|publisher=CNN|year=2007-05-29]

The story of Lim's graduation was covered by news outlets throughout the United States and she was honored by ABC as "Person of the Week" in June 2007.Cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/WN/PersonOfWeek/story?id=3237024|title=Person of the Week: Kellie Lim|accessdate=2008-03-07|publisher=ABC World News|year=2007-06-01|author=Charles Gibson] Prior to attending UCLA, she attended Evanston's Northwestern University where she was an advocate for students with disabilities.Cite web|url=http://media.www.dailynorthwestern.com/media/storage/paper853/news/2002/02/08/Campus/Campaign.For.Campus.Accessibility.Raises.Awareness-1908840.shtml|title=Campaign for Campus Accessibility Raises Awareness|accessdate=2008-03-07|year=2002-02-08|author=Meredith Buse|work=The Daily Northwestern]

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