James Michael was born on July 05, 1975 in Manhattan, New York to Richard and Diana O'Hara.
Richard O'Hara was a wealthy real estate tycoon, whereas Diana was a neurosurgeon at Bellevue Hospital Center. Diana had never wanted children, but after much persuasion on Richard's part, she eventually gave in, and during the next ten years their three children would be born. Since their parents were constantly busy with work, the kids were left to be raised by nannies and various family members — James was considerably older than his two sisters and so he helped to take care of them a lot. — In 1989 things within the family changed when Diana was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. Surgery to remove the tumor coupled with Chemotherapy helped to cure Diana. Everyone assumed the hardworking Doctor would return to work once she got better, but Diana instead decided that she would quit work and focus on her family and children, to everyone's surprise, Richard also stopped working so much. With their mother and father around more often, there was no longer any need for nannies, and just like that, the family was brought closer together. …show more content…
He had always felt the need to help others and he was fascinated with that particular specific area of medicine. Even though he was still so young, he took his future quite seriously and eventually his hard work payed off when he got into Duke University. However, James would only complete two years at Duke before returning home to finish his schooling at NYU. Later on, James would complete his neurosurgical residency training at the very same hospital where his mother had worked years before; Bellevue hospital Center. After spending seven years working within Bellevue, James moved to New York Presbyterian where he was eventually made head of
Richard O'Hara was a wealthy real estate tycoon, whereas Diana was a neurosurgeon at Bellevue Hospital Center. Diana had never wanted children, but after much persuasion on Richard's part, she eventually gave in, and during the next ten years their three children would be born. Since their parents were constantly busy with work, the kids were left to be raised by nannies and various family members — James was considerably older than his two sisters and so he helped to take care of them a lot. — In 1989 things within the family changed when Diana was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. Surgery to remove the tumor coupled with Chemotherapy helped to cure Diana. Everyone assumed the hardworking Doctor would return to work once she got better, but Diana instead decided that she would quit work and focus on her family and children, to everyone's surprise, Richard also stopped working so much. With their mother and father around more often, there was no longer any need for nannies, and just like that, the family was brought closer together. …show more content…
He had always felt the need to help others and he was fascinated with that particular specific area of medicine. Even though he was still so young, he took his future quite seriously and eventually his hard work payed off when he got into Duke University. However, James would only complete two years at Duke before returning home to finish his schooling at NYU. Later on, James would complete his neurosurgical residency training at the very same hospital where his mother had worked years before; Bellevue hospital Center. After spending seven years working within Bellevue, James moved to New York Presbyterian where he was eventually made head of