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= Habeeb Bacchus = Habeeb Bacchus (born October 15, 1928) was a Guyanese-American physician, researcher, and author. After emigrating to the United States of America in 1944 he earned his PhD in physiology from George Washington University in 1950 at age 16 and in so doing became the youngest individual to earn a PhD from that institution. Bacchus received his medical degree from George Washington University Medical School in 1954. Bacchus conducted research at the National Institutes of Health and worked in private practice while publishing several books on endocrinology. In 1983, as associate chief of medicine at Riverside General Hospital, Bacchus attained notoriety through his involvement in the right to die case of Elizabeth Bouvia.

Early Life and Career
Bacchus was born in British Guiana in 1928. At age 16 he emigrated to the United States and settled in Washington, D.C., where he enrolled at Howard University. At Howard, he finished a bachelor's degree in zoology after two years of study and enrolled in, and then enrolled in finished his master's degree in zoology at Georgia Washington University in 1948. Following the completion of his master's degree, he began a PhD program in physiology which he completed in just 18 months. After finishing his PhD he attended George Washington University School of Medicine and received his medical degree in 1954. Thereafter he worked as a physician in private practice and from 1957 to 1959 held a position as clinical associate at the National Institutes of Health where he studied endocrine and metabolic diseases as well as cancer screening methods. In 1969 he accepted a dual appointment