Hamilton undergoing surgery to have benign brain tumor removed

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Hamilton having surgery to remove benign tumor

BOSTON — Olympic gold medal figure skater Scott Hamilton had successful surgery Wednesday to remove a benign brain tumor.

Hamilton’s publicist, Michael Sterling, said the 51-year-old skater was “doing very well” after surgery this morning at a Boston hospital and was expected to make a full recovery.

Doctors discovered the tumor near Hamilton’s pituitary gland in 2004. He underwent a successful procedure to have the tumor shrunk, but it grew back and forced him to have the surgery to remove it.

“Quite frankly, this is just another little bump in the road for Scott,” Sterling said. “He seems to have this extraordinary attitude with everything he’s faced in his life, to date.”

Hamilton also had chemotherapy to treat testicular cancer in 1997.

Sterling said Hamilton was in a “recovery situation” and is expected to return home soon.

Hamilton is a four-time world champion, who highlighted his career by winning the gold medal at the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo.

On the Web: www.scottcares.org