CNN honored Dr. Carnell Cooper as one of it's "2009 Heroes". Dr. Cooper, a shock trauma surgeon at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), saves the lives of trauma victims on the operating table as well as through the "Violence Prevention Program" which he founded in 1998.
Here's an excerpt.
"Dr. Carnell Cooper, a Baltimore surgeon, is saving lives inside and outside the operating room. Since becoming a trauma surgeon 16 years ago, he has dedicated himself to treating the many young African-American men who've been shot, stabbed or beaten, only to see them return to the ER with another severe injury just months later."
Read more here.
See Dr. Cooper's "Hero" video
here.