I am Doctor George.
This is my story.
Dr. George discovered his appreciation of art and love of painting many years before he became a patient at Magee. As a busy doctor who specialized in emergency medicine, Dr. George enjoyed painting as a way to relax and escape his busy work schedule. Little did he know, art would play an even bigger part in his life after a spinal cord injury changed everything. Dr. George became a patient at Magee in June 2016 after he fell in his home. Early in his stay at Magee, he met Magee's Art Therapist and quickly became involved with individual and group Art Therapy sessions. With his dominant, right hand affected by his injury, Dr. George wasn't sure if making art would still be possible. After experimenting with his left hand, however, he quickly found that he could still make colorful and bold works of art. a style of painting he loved.