Dr. Balazs Ernie Bodai is a highly respected surgeon in Sacramento and is the brains behind the fundraising breast cancer research postage stamp, which is used in countries around the world. He is also a medical device inventor, an international speaker, an author of several books, a cancer survivor and one heck of a nice guy.
Born in Hungary, Dr. Bodai remembers the time when his family fled to an underground shelter in Budapest in 1956 during a Russian invasion. "It was freezing, damp, and miserable," he recalls. "My mother would rub my hands and blow her warm breath on them to keep them from turning blue and freezing."
He believes she had a sixth sense that day recognizing that her son's hands would some day save lives.
Dr. Bodai's life in the United States has been a true success story and he credits his family's inspiration as being a big contributor to it.
When Dr. Bodai speaks to graduating medical students, he always mentions his parents whose work included houskeeping at buildings to make ends meet, even though his father had been a nuclear physicist in Hungary.
"My father was my hero," he tells them and he has infinite gratitude for his parents' sacrifices and the opportunites he has had in America.
Now, a new development in Dr. Bodai's life - being nominated for a Congressional Medal of Honor.
Dr. Bodai is living proof that children of immigrants make incredible contributions to American society, and sometimes, to those who live around the globe.
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Talk about super isperational.
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