Michael Egnor

Michael Egnor is a neurosurgeon and defender of intelligent design. Since 1991, he is a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Stony Brook University. He completed medical school at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY in 1984. Michael Egnor is a faithful Catholic.

Egnor began to question evolutionary theory after reading Michael Denton's book Evolution: A Theory in Crisis. Egnor appeared in the film Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed by Ben Stein. He is present in the list named "A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism". In 2007 Egnor joined the Evolution News and Views (ENV) team. Egnor maintains a blog named Egnorance.

One of his most prominent cases involved a two-year-old boy whose head was smashed. Egnor successfully completed the complicated surgery using innovative techniques. The suffering has been documented by several news outlets, including Newsday and Good Morning America. The case was published in New York Magazine in 2005 under the title "Best Doctors".

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