PHOTOS: Joshua Lilienstein recovers and pursues degree
Joshua Lilienstein, a third-year medical student at USC and a cancer patient at County-USC Medical Center, scrubs for surgery at USC University Hospital in Los Angeles. He was in his first year of medical school when doctors diagnosed testicular cancer. He is now in remission. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Lilienstein, left, assists Dr. Stephen Sener, clinical fellow Amy Bremner and Dr. Ziqing Wang during an operation at USC University Hospital. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Lilienstein waits with the patient for the next team of doctors during surgery on a woman with breast cancer. He called her treatment “a miracle in progress.” (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Lilienstein and Judith Franco, a nurse anesthetist, meet with Lydia Nueva Espana before her surgery. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Lilienstein waits for his CT scan at County-USC Medical Center. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Lilienstein goes over paper work for his morning rounds at USC University Hospital. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
