14-Year-Old Becomes Worldâs Youngest Gynecologist
While most boys his age are playing video games, baseball, and dreaming of girls, Scott Simmons has women making appointments just to see him. At 14-years-old, boy-genius Simmons is the worldâs youngest gynecologist.âItâs a little embarrassing sometimes,â said Dr. Simmons. âI had to pick a speciality when I was 12, and my advisor said I was too short to be a surgeon. My older brother told me to be a gynecologist, he said I would thank him later, and boy was he right. Iâm the only gynecologist in town, so Iâm pretty busy. I really love my work, and I donât think Iâll get tired of it â Â especially during the annual high school physical time.ââHeâs a really good doctor, and you can tell he loves his work,â said patient Mary Muffin, 19. âSure, he giggles at the start of every exam, but he is just a kid, after all. I think sometimes his hormones get the best of him, because he canât stand up after the examination, but he will grow out of that. Itâs worth the giggles and hormones, though, because his small fingers get the job done gently. I used to travel to another gynecologist two towns over, and he was old and gross, with nasty long fingers. Ew.ââIâm very proud of my son, and we all knew he was special from a young age,â said Scottâs mother, Nancy. âHe completed elementary school at 5, and he was done with high school by 7. College and medical school just came very naturally to him. I do wish he consulted me before picking his field though, as I would haveÂ suggested becoming a family practitioner, or maybe aÂ podiatrist instead. The hardest part of having a son who is a gynecologist isÂ probably the same every one every mother of a 14-year-old has, though â getting him to wash his hands before dinner.â