He won nearly $35,000 and a seven-day trip for two to the Alyeska Resort in Alaska. Bennett, MD, PhD, professor of medicine at the Feinberg School, and the Research on Adverse Drug events and Records (RADAR) team at the annual American Society for Hematology meeting in San Diego.Ĭhacko appeared on the January 15 airing of the show, solving puzzles such as “Patchwork quilt,” “All the world’s a stage,” and the final puzzle, “bobsled team,” which won the game. Before returning to Chicago, Chacko also presented a poster he coauthored with Charles L. Once he was chosen to appear, Chacko went out to the program’s taping in Los Angeles on December 4. “They were especially interested in how contestants reacted to landing on ‘Bankrupt.’ When I scowled after landing on it, the producers told me, ‘Hey, you have to be more excited!’ I perked up. They had a little wheel similar to something you’d find in a board game and a white-out board they used to write out the puzzles. “I must have done something right,” he says, “because I received a letter inviting me to the greater Chicago auditions.

The audition consisted of three students simulating an actual game with introductions and one puzzle to solve. “When I heard the show was holding auditions at Northwestern during my senior year, I went to try out mainly because I thought it would be a fun experience to tell her about.”Ĭhacko was in class when his name was drawn as a contestant, but a friend informed him that he was called to the auditions. “Growing up I used to watch ‘Wheel of Fortune’ almost every weeknight with my mom” at their home in Memphis, Tennessee, he says. Second-year Feinberg School of Medicine student Ron Chacko says his mother is a big fan of the game show, “Wheel of Fortune.” Medical Student Appears on “Wheel of Fortune”

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