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Raised in Queens, but was born on March 16, 1936 in Manhattan
At around the age of 13, he got a Summer job at a rug cleaning factory
Youth of Odette and Vahan Damadian
Many schools over the years including Albert Einstein College of Medicine in NY
Open to try new things such as violin and tennis and was like Andre Agassi or Yo Yo Ma when he played them
Nearly gave up after his grandmother died of cancer, but instead, that made him want to study medicine and science
Didn't major in chemistry, but minored in it and majored in mathematics

Damadian wrote to president Nixon after being turned down by the WIH and president Nixon wrote back like lightning
Accomplished making the first MRI scan on a live animal, a mouse with cancer
Married Donna Terry and had 3 kids: Keira, Timothy, and Jevan
After Larry Minkoff's scan succeeded, Damadian founded FONAR
Did you know that in 1956, Damadian became a tennis teacher at the Dune Deck Hotel in Westhampton
Introduced a  new mobile scanner, allowing hospitals and clinics that could not afford their own, to share one
After the success, Damadian invested all of his life's saving into FONAR
Named the scanner that Minkoff went in , Indomitable

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Some things you may not know but want to know about Raymond Damadian can be seen here. When Raymond was five years old, he began studying violin, and although he hardly practiced, he played very well. Also, at the age of 12, he began tennis lessons and went to the JR Davis Cup Competition. In 1956, Damadian became a tennis teacher at the Dune Deck Hotel in Westhampton. The scanner that Larry Minkoff went in was named Indomitable and was put into the Smithsonian Museum. Lastly, Damadian invested all of his life's savings into the FONAR company.

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Raymond V. Damadian is now the founder of the FONAR CORPORATION. To get this title, he had to prove it was possible to distinguish  cancer tissue from normal tissue using the NMR. Also, in 1976, Damadian produced the first scan of a live animal, a mouse with cancer. In 1983, Damadian nand FONAR introduced a mobile scanner allowing hospitals and clinics that couldn't afford a scanner, to share one. Then, in 1988, Damadian received the National Medal of Technology, the nation's highest honor in technology from then president Ronald Reagan. He also got to shake hands with Reagan. Lastly, Raymond Damadian created the first MRI.

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Damadian was too large for the scanner when he tried to be the "guinea pig" for it. Instead, they had to use a skinnier test subject named Larry Minkoff. Also, Damadian fought and won long battles over a patent within the legal system. When his grandmother died of cancer, Raymond was very sad. When Damadian was planning for college, he had to choose between the 3 loves of his life: violin, tennis, and science.

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Raymond Damadian was a professor at The Downstate Medical center in Brooklyn. His main job though was the Head and founder of FONAR CORPORATION.

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Damadian went to Forest Hills High School, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Julliard School for music, University of Wisconsin, and the state University of NY's Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn

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Raymond Damadian had a mother named Odette Yazedjiah and a father named Vahan Damadian. His sister's name is Claudette. Once he married his wife, Donna Terry, they had 3 kids: Kiera, Jevan, and Timothy.

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Raymond Damadian was born in Manhattan on March 16, 1936. He was the first child of Vahan and Odette Damadian. Shortly after Raymond was born, his family moved to Queens. When Raymond was 5 years old, The US entered WWII. Also, when he was about 13 years old, Damadian had a summer job at a rug cleaning factory