Grapplers here with medical degrees, Ph.D&#039;s, J.D.&#039;s etc

JD from the University of South Carolina, and currently pursuing my MBA from the University of North Carolina.

Seth Murray

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Two masters' degrees, one PhD (ABD), and in the middle of the second PhD program. Mostly counseling/philosophy/theology.

Cosimo Carone

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I have been working in the healthcare sector for 22 years as an employee. In the last 9 years in the vascular surgery department of the hospital of my city and from day 19 I will be transferred to the neurosurgery department.

Craig Sloane

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Math PhD, MS Industrial Engineering, and a JD (law degree). But only a Blue Belt in BJJ. Still got a lot of learning to do!

Shaun Mayo

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Finishing up my master's in primate behavior and working on PhD applications as we speak... >.<

Update: Graduated! Still working on those PhD applications though...

Bridget Jack Jeffries

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I have an MA in church history from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and am working on a PhD in the same.

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R. David Gonzalez

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Update: Graduated! Still working on those PhD applications though...

Congrats!

Slideyfoot [jun]

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I don't have a useful degree like medicine, but I do have a BA and MA in English Lit (along with a fizzled out attempt at a PhD, I've considered giving that another go over the years). So yeah, if you want me to babble about poetry and metrical form in particular, that I can do, but strangely it doesn't come up too often. :P

Bridget Jack Jeffries

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I don't have a useful degree like medicine, but I do have a BA and MA in English Lit (along with a fizzled out attempt at a PhD, I've considered giving that another go over the years). So yeah, if you want me to babble about poetry and metrical form in particular, that I can do, but strangely it doesn't come up too often. :P

My BA is in classics. Also never comes up; most people don't know what it is. (In fact, I usually just say my degrees are in "history" for simplicity's sake.)

Slideyfoot [jun]

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My BA is in classics. Also never comes up; most people don't know what it is. (In fact, I usually just say my degrees are in 'history' for simplicity's sake.)

I would have enjoyed doing classics. I picked the wrong subject: I really should have done history, I'm much more interested in that. I only went for English Lit due to pressure from my teachers back at school, because I was good at passing exams in it. Not exactly a regret though, I did enjoy the English Lit reading material too.

That's also why I'm still musing a return to academia. Either history of art BA or MA, or history, maybe even a PhD later. Studying is pricey though: if my BJJ school takes off enough and my bank account looks solid, I'll go for it, but that's a long ways off. Would be nice to do it for pure fun, as opposed to when I did my initial post-grad studies, when I still thought my future income lay in academia. ;)

Megaton

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I have an MBA from Penn State University.

We are!

I have a Masters in Project management from Penn State, and a Masters in Performance Enhancement and Injury prevention from CalU Penn. I work in aviation but would like one day to transition to full-time performance enhancement and injury prevention. Would love to work with other disabled veterans, using BJJ and my degree as a type of therapy.

Slideyfoot [jun]

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We are! I have a Masters in Project management from Penn State, and a Masters in Performance Enhancement and Injury prevention from CalU Penn. I work in aviation but would like one day to transition to full-time performance enhancement and injury prevention. Would love to work with other disabled veterans, using BJJ and my degree as a type of therapy.

Oh, and I've been meaning to ask: I keep being confused when I see a guy called Megaton pop up on threads, expecting it to be Megaton Dias, Mackenzie Dern's dad and super solid old school competitor in his own right. ;)

Do you have a connection to him, or you just liked the nickname? IIRC he got the Megaton nickname due to his nuclear powered takedowns: similar for you, or other reason? :)

Megaton

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Oh, and I've been meaning to ask: I keep being confused when I see a guy called Megaton pop up on threads, expecting it to be Megaton Dias, Mackenzie Dern's dad and super solid old school competitor in his own right. ;) Do you have a connection to him, or you just liked the nickname? IIRC he got the Megaton nickname due to his nuclear powered takedowns: similar for you, or other reason? :)

I did not pick the nickname, but I was given it by my Professor Gabriel Gladiator. I never knew why or even asked, maybe it is my tattoos and motorcycle! LOL, I am always trying to make sure I can keep learning and doing my best to live up to such a name. It is an extreme privilege to have a name shared with the Legend.

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I have a MD and a master of science. I practice internal medicine in the Bronx in NYC. Haven’t trained since March of last year due to the pandemic. I started it off by getting covid then after I recovered working in the hospital on one of our many covid teams.

Scott Chiriboga

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I have a PhD in Clinical and Counseling Psychology and a bunch of other non-doctoral degrees.

Benjamin Westrich

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I'm almost done with my PhD in Economics and have an MS in Behavioral Finance. I also dabble in BJJ.

Corey Hebert

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I have a JD and Post-graduate LLM in Admiralty law. I practice in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I have been training for a little over two years and absolutely love the stress relief and peace that I get from it.

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I am a physician. I run my own medical practice for PRM (Physical- and Rehabilitative medicine; specializing in orthopaedics), Sportsmedicine, Nutritional Medicine...

That’s a useful specialty to be in for BJJ

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In-house labor and employment attorney in NYC.

Fellow New Yorker awesome!

Rudy Wilde

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BA Poli Sci from Seattle University and JD from Boston College.

Currently General Counsel for a national construction company.

Sammy

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I have a bachelors degree in Aeronautical Engineering...
But I choose to play guard

Adam Colon

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I have a MD and a master of science. I practice internal medicine in the Bronx in NYC. Haven’t trained since March of last year due to the pandemic. I started it off by getting covid then after I recovered working in the hospital on one of our many covid teams.

My mom is a doctor in the Bronx. Small world.

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