Duke alum the inspiration for Ford/Fraser drama

Jan 18 2010, Written by Charlie McSpadden in Film,Medical Center,Playground, 0 Comments

As DukeHealth recently reported and Roger Ebert tweeted last night, Duke alumnus Y.T. Chen, MD, PhD, is the inspiration for the upcoming film Extrordinary Measures. The movie, which opens this Friday, stars Harrison Ford as Dr. Robert Stonehill who tries to find the cure for the rare metabolic disorder Pompe disease. Brendan Fraser plays John Crowly. a father willing to do anything in order to save his inflicted children’s lives. The world’s leading expert on the disease, Priya Kishanni, MD, is the current Division Chief of Medical Genetics at Duke Hospital, and was quoted as saying: “I never would have expected that a major Hollywood movie with stars like Brendan Fraser and Harrison Ford would focus on a topic so near and dear to my heart.”