A Surgeon's Memoir

<p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Sandwiched between Dr. Samuel Shem's hilarious </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The House of God</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> and Dr. Eric Manheimer's </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> Dr. Stewart Lazow's </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>A Surgeon's Memoir: 40 Years at the County</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> takes us on the author's convoluted journey to becoming professor vice chairman oral and maxillofacial surgery residency program director and director of service at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn New York.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Throughout his forty years as a surgeon Dr. Stewart Lazow witnessed countless patient encounters-some comical some tragic some that confirmed his faith in the human spirit-in addition to shocking resident foibles. He had his share of rewarding cases and heartbreaking failures and was utterly dismayed by a fractured grossly inefficient healthcare delivery system.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The County wasn't for everyone. He was just a County guy.</span></p>