The Making, Breaking, and Renewal of a Surgeon-Scientist

A Personal Perspective of the Physician Crisis in America

By: Steven E. Wilson

Narrated by: Jeff Steitzer

An autobiographical narrative about how a middle-class youth endured personal turmoil and family crisis to achieve his lifelong goal of becoming a physician. He rose to become one of the outstanding eye physician-scientists of his generation...only to be disheartened and disillusioned by the ongoing tainting of medicine by bureaucrats, bungling administrators, and federal prosecutors - including the tragic scapegoating of three physicians during the whistle-blower initiated federal Medicare/Medicaid fraud investigation at the University of Washington.

The story is at once entertaining, informative, and poignant - providing a personal account accentuating why physicians and surgeons are fleeing medicine in droves and detailing what must be done to mend the cracks, before the once great American medical system crumbles to pieces.

©2019 Steven E. Wilson (P)2019 Steven E. Wilson

Very good

This is a bold and honest book about the highs and lows of obtaining a medical license and status within academia/research. It’s nice to see a book that goes into details that may not be as glamorous or inspiring.

It is especially worth a read for anyone considering medicine, anyone looking to see a non traditional path into medicine, and anyone doing a deep reflection on their career and desires.

Some aspects were not as easy to follow for a non-physician. But Google exists now. And it didn’t harm the story.