How to Make It In America

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>HOW TO MAKE IT IN AMERICA</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is the extraordinary life story of Dr. Paul Tsou a boy born during the Sino-Japanese War who rose through immense personal cultural and historical transitions to become an innovative orthopaedic spine surgeon in the United States.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Told with quiet humor clarity and a deep sense of perspective this memoir traces Paul's unlikely path from the chaos of wartime Chungking to the rigorous halls of UCSF Medical School from his service aboard </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>U.S. Coast Guard Cutters Bering The Spencer</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> known for her destruction of one U-Boat by herself and took part in the demise of two others to continue Dr. Tsou's selective services obligations Paul spent about one year aboard the USCG Cutter Bering Straits in Vietnam then back to his professional career of orthopedic residency followed by spine fellowship in Hong Kong. A celebrated orthoaedic private practice awaited him in Santa Monica California. Alongside his professional journey Paul shares the unfolding love story with his wife Schumarry</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A formidable physician strategist and executive in her own right. In these pages Paul reacts on the values that carried him resilience humility a deep respect for knowledge and faith in a quieter kind of leadership. He shares the mishaps milestones and serendipitous turns that shaped his calling.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>His memoir is not just a chronicle of personal achievement it is a portrait of integrity cultural identity enduring love and a life deemed not by prestige but by purpose. Readers will walk away with a sense of the times that molded Paul and Schumarry and the timeless values that shaped their marriage family and contributions to medical care and patients.</span></p>