Dr. Antonio Webb has simple advice for people who want to be in the best health. Don’t wait until they get sick.
The author of Overcoming the Odds, Webb joined the Air Force in 2001 and become a decorated soldier. After 8 years of active duty, he worked on his undergraduate degree at the University of Texas, San Antonio, earning a bachelor’s and becoming the first member of his family to complete college. After years of service as a combat medic when deployed to Iraq, Webb, now a decorated soldier, returned to the U.S. in 2009. He was accepted into Georgetown University’s medical school where he earned a medical degree in 2014.
Today, Dr. Antonio Webb is completing his residency at the University of Texas, San Antonio, specializing in Orthopedic Surgery.
One of his most rewarding activities, however, is serving as a mentor for underprivileged middle and high school students interested in a career in medicine. He volunteers to help because he says it is important for students to know “If I can do it, they can, too.”
Webb says his proudest moment would be when he encounters a student in later years who says, “I am in medical school because of you.”
It’s been a long road from impoverished child in a dangerous environment to decorated soldier and award-winning medic, and Antonio Webb, MD is aware of the amazing journey that has been his life. “I don’t take anything for granted,” he says. “I know I am incredibly blessed.”
(Bio provided from Antoniowebbmd.com)
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