Dr. Joseph Thornton’s road to becoming a physician makes you
realize yet again that where there’s a will, there’s a way.
He grew up in a single parent household on the south side of
Chicago, the son of an African American bartender who wanted the
best for her son. His two aunts, both maids, also lived in the
home.
“Combining incomes made the housing affordable,” says the
72-year-old colorectal surgeon who now is an associate professor
in the UNLV School of Medicine’s Department of Surgery. “For good
times they loved to go to the racetrack and watch the horses
run.”
