WHO'S WHO IN HENDERSON:
Meet neurosurgeon Aury Nagy
LARRY CRUIKSHANK/VIEWDr. Aury Nagy is a neurosurgeon at Las Vegas Neurosurgery and Spine Care, 10001 S. Eastern Ave. Nagy, who was raised in Henderson, returned in 2003 after completing his medical training.
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Henderson native Dr. Aury Nagy spent 14 years attending colleges and universities around the country to become a neurosurgeon. After finishing his neurosurgical training at George Washington University in 2003, he returned to his hometown.
In 1998, Nagy was voted among the best teaching interns at the Medical College of Virginia. Five years later, he was awarded the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Cushing Clinical Fellow and named the Peripheral Nerve Fellow at Louisiana State University.
The 38-year-old, who has two offices in the valley, one with Las Vegas Neurosurgery and Spine Care, 10001 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 408, and another at St. Rose Dominican Hospitals San Martin campus, 8280 W. Warm Springs Road, has privileges at all the hospitals in the valley.
Who is in your family? Wife and two children
How many years have you lived in Henderson? Grew up here, have been practicing here for four years
Where did you go to school? Bishop Gorman High School, Yale University (undergraduate), Baylor College of Medicine (graduate degree), Medical College of Virginia (surgical internship), George Washington University (neurosurgical training)
What was your first job? Congressional intern for Richard Bryan
What was your first car? The first car I bought was a 1971 Nissan Stanza.
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? I thought I might be a doctor or teacher.
Who are your role models and mentors? My dad and Harry Reid
What is your favorite TV show? "Scrubs"
What are some of your hobbies and favorite activities? Playing soccer, designing Web sites, reading
How did you meet your spouse? My parents
Pick any three people from history -- dead or alive -- to have dinner with? Al Gore, George Bush, Barack Obama
Why did you pick these people? I would like to understand where we have been as a country and what we can do in the future to improve things.
What do you see yourself doing 10 years from now? Contributing in some way to the community
What is your most treasured possession? My cell phone
What are you most proud of? My kids
What are the qualities you admire most in people? Generosity and competence
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