Lloyd Youngblood
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Lloyd Youngblood (born in Beaumont, Texas in 1946) is an American neurosurgeon. He was the chief of the Department of Neurosurgery at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas until December 2002. He is the VP of the South Texas Organ Bank. Working extensively with professional wrestlers,[1] Youngblood has performed neck surgery on several professional wrestlers, including Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit, Edge,[2] Lita, Gregory Helms,[3] Bob Holly,[4] Scotty 2 Hotty, Test and Rhyno. He has also worked extensively with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin[5] and Matt and Jeff Hardy.[6]
Lloyd Youngblood received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Rice University in 1969.[citation needed] He graduated with honors from Baylor College of Medicine in 1973 and carried out his internship and residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.[citation needed]