Episode 58 - Onur Yenigun

Emergency room physician, Onur Yenigun, seems too young to have accomplished what he has by the young age of 37. From a young life growing up in California, raised by his mother and grandmother, the boy with dreams of becoming a doctor seemed destined to fail. Poor grades and a lack of the discipline and dedication he would need, he joined the US Marines. That decision put him on a path hard work, self assessment, community spirit, and the realization that discipline and dedication were choices he could make. And make them he did. 

After his stint in the Marines, Onur returned to the community college at which he had done so poorly, achieving exemplary grades and an acceptance to undergraduate and ultimately medical studies at UC San Francisco, and ultimately to completing a residency in Emergency Medicine from Stanford.

Ever a young man to want to give even more to his community, the newly hooded doctor worked at the front lines of medical efforts combatting Covid-19. Currently based at the California Hospital Medical Center as an Emergency Physician, Dr. Yenigun continues to volunteer, to teach, and give back to his family and community in whatever ways he can. 

Onur is convinced that we are all capable of so much more than we imagine, when we are armed with a desire to learn, to help and to push ourselves past what makes us comfortable. Hearing his story in his own words will convince you as well.