What do poets, cave explorers, musicians, Army medics, writers, soldiers, philanthropists, inventors, sailors, entrepreneurs, and the youngest survivor of the Andrea Doria have in common? In this book, they’re all doctors. BEAUMONT: ONE OF AMERICA’S BUSIEST HOSPITALS.
Are you thinking of becoming a doctor or nurse?
Which field? Will you specialize? How does a medical student pick a field? Urology or hematology? Pediatrics or geriatrics? Robotic surgery or rehabilitation? Is your future in private practice or on a hospital staff? Or are you a natural administrator?
How does a phlebotomist end up as the CEO of a major medical center? In this book, dozens of doctors and administrators talk about how they made their choices, and where the ended up.
How does a farmer’s field morph into a modern medical complex? From a time when people were born at home and died at home, medical science has race to the future, as evidenced by the sudden growth of a small community hospital into a cutting-edge medical complex, finally to inaugurate its own medical school. And it’s only been a little over 50 years.
Many of those who sparked the first embers are here to tell the tale as the torch passes to the newest generation of medical innovators.
This book is a treasure chest of hints, memories, bits of advice and road signs from world-renowned stars in the field of modern medicine.
Is your future in this book?
