Chicago doctor joins astronaut corps

[United Press International]

CHICAGO, May 6 (UPI) -- A Chicago physician who is the
nephew of the former U.S. surgeon general has been chosen as one of
11 new astronaut training candidates, NASA said.
Dr. Robert L. Satcher, one of two doctors in the 2004 class
of astronaut candidates, is an orthopedic surgeon at Northwestern
Memorial Hospital and researcher at Northwestern University.
Satcher, 38, is the nephew of former U.S. Surgeon General David
Satcher, who was chosen by former President Bill Clinton.
He earned a medical degree from Harvard Medical School and
has a doctorate in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
His specialty is treating bone cancer and graft surgery to
save limbs.
Satcher and his 10 classmates were chosen from some 2,000
applicants for astronaut training, the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration said. He will be eligible to go on a mission
after completing one year of training.
Satcher and his wife have a new baby daughter.