Alec Kessler—American basketball player
Education
Alec Christopher Kessler died yesterday on October 13, 2007 due to a heart attack while playing a pickup game. He was an American basketball player for the University of Georgia and later became a professional player for the Miami Heat in the NBA. After his NBA career was over, he became an orthopedic surgeon. Kessler played collegiately for the University of Georgia where he was a three-time academic all-American first-team selection as well as the national academic all-American of the year in 1989 and 1990. Kessler left Georgia as the school's all-time leading scorer with 1,788 points. Kessler left the NBA to study medicine and graduated from the School of Medicine at Emory University in 1999.
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Alec Kessler, a former University of Georgia basketball standout and five-year pro with the Miami Heat, has done Erving one better. In May he earned the sheepskin and the right to call himself Dr. K when he graduated cum laude from Emory School of Medicine. You could say the 6'11'' Kessler graduated head and shoulders above everyone else in his class.
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Work
Alec Kessler, a star at Georgia who became a first-round NBA draft pick, died Saturday after collapsing during
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Alec Christopher Kessler (January 13, 1967 – October 13, 2007) was an American basketball player for the University of Georgia and later, as a professional player, for the Miami Heat in the NBA. After his basketball career ended, he became an orthopedic surgeon.
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Alec Kessler, who played for Miami (1990-91 to 1993-94) and is a doctor in Charlotte, N.C., might be the only one currently practicing.
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Alec Kessler, a Georgia basketball star who played four seasons for the Miami Heat before becoming an orthopedic surgeon, died after collapsing during a pickup game.
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Alec Kessler, M.D. received his medical education at Emory University Medical School with an internship and residency at Carolinas Medical Center. His medical interests include Joint replacement, sports medicine, and lower back medicine. Dr. Kessler is married and has two sons. He enjoys fishing, basketball, and skiing.
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Vertically, to be sure, but academically that wouldn't be too far off, as Kessler finished with a 3.97 GPA. Kessler was accepted into Emory's medical school in 1990 while still an undergraduate at UGA but deferred his entrance here to play professional basketball. He graduated magna cum laude from UGA with a bachelor of science in microbiology and the distinction of being the school's second all-time leading scorer (1,788 career points) and third all-time leading rebounder (893 career rebounds) in basketball. Kessler played with the Heat until 1994, when he came to Emory and again shined academically. His 4.0 grade point average for three of his four years at Emory put him in the top academic echelon of this year's graduating class. He's now doing an an orthopaedic surgery residency at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Kessler was one of 108 Emory students to graduate in May with the doctor of medicine degree.
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He was 40. He appeared to have had a heart attack Saturday in Pensacola, Fla., and was pronounced dead a short time later at Gulf Breeze Hospital, the university said Sunday. Kessler, 6-foot-11, was the captain of Georgia's 1990 Southeastern Conference championship team and became a first-round NBA draft pick. ... After leaving the NBA he began a career in medicine.
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