5> James Andrew <$ 100 million >
Dr. James is the first doctor or surgeon on the list not to be a plastic surgeon, but has made his millions by specializing in ligament repair for sport stars professionals. He is well known in sport and medicine council as the best orthopedic surgeon in his career or business.
He is a founder of health south sport medicine council having completed his residency at Tulane medical school and attends university of virginals-school of medicine and university of Lyon. He is a key factor or person or backbone behind the successful “go for it”. He is the director and senior fellow of the technology and public policy program at the Centre for strategic and international studies < CSIS > in Washington D.C
He serves as a team doctor for the Alabama crimson tide and NFL Washington redskins. He is considered as one of the most popular surgeon in the world who specializes on shoulder also and elbow and knee injuries for sport stars. He is known for performing orthopedic surgery on several. He was once a member of the U.S foreign service and senior executive service, where he worked on regional security, military intervention and insurgency, convention arms negotiations technology transfer < including global arms sales >, encryption, internet security, space remote sensing, high-tech trade with china, sanctions and internet policy. He was authored eight publications since coming to CSIS, on cybersecurity, innovation, military space, and identity management. He earned a Ph.D. from university of Chicago.
4> Gary Michelson < $ 1.4 billion >
Gary Michelson is a retired orthopedic surgeon and has invented hundreds of instruments implants and steps to improve and upgrade spinal surgeries. He spent years fighting a medical machine manufacturer over the right to his work. He was listed at no. 290 in 2010, with a net worth of an estimation of $1.4 billion dollars.
He said, urging a reporter to focus on his foundation on not on him. A video was also short about him on YouTube in 2008 making jest of his fortune and his love for animals. Michelson created a $ 25 million prize to develop a non-surgical method to sterilize large population on animals.
He was offered a $ 50 million in grants to pay for the research. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended central high school of Philadelphia, Temple University and Hahnemann medical college. He completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at Hahnemann medical hospital, before completing fellowship training in spinal surgery at St. Luke’s medical center in a joint program between Baylor University and university of Texas. He has been practicing spinal surgery for over 25 years before retiring from private practice and focusing in philanthropy. He amassed over 100 research papers and publication to his credit Michelson has made spinal surgeries far easier, reliable and effective. In 2005 Michelson sold many of his spinal related patent to Medtronic for over $1 billion placing him on Forbes 400 list of richest people
