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Book SynopsisThe autobiography of one of America's most important gastroenterologists. Michael Lepore [1910-2000] was a pioneer in the field of gastroenterology. He was a member of one of the first graduating classes of the University of Rochester Medical School, and went on to a distinguished career at Columbia University, New York University, and St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New York. This autobiography tells of his experiences as an Italian-American who overcame prejudices to become the personal physician to such notablesas Greta Garbo and President Herbert Hoover. His story is witty and cleverly written, and details the way the medical profession changed from the Great Depression to the late 1990s. Michael Lepore was an alumnus of Duke University Medical School and the University of Rochester School of Medicine, and was the Director, Gastroenterology Section, Departments of Medicine and Surgery Emeritus, St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New York.
Trade ReviewAn insider's guide to making a career in twentieth-century American medicine. As such it is a valuable historical document. MEDICAL HISTORY
Table of ContentsEarly Days Washington Heights Speyer School for Gifted Children New York University at University Heights To Each His Farthest Star: A Medical Student at Rochester, 1929- 1934 Duke University Hospital and Its Medical School, 1934-1935 Yale Medical School, 1935-1936 Return to Duke, 1936-1937 You Can Go Home Again My One and Only Wife The Bronx Is the Graveyard for Specialists, 1937 The Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, 1937 - The First of Its Kind Pearl Harbor and World War II Valley Forge General Hospital, 1942-1945 Tinian, 1945 Saipan, 1945-1946 Return to Columbia-Presbyterian, 1946 The Changing of the Guard at the Medical Center An Internist-Diagnostician Rebuilds His Practice The Upjohn Grand Rounds The Iceman Cometh to Park Avenue Songs My Patients Taught Me Mr. J. Peter Grace, Chairman of W.R. Grace and Company Birth of the Upjohn Gastrointestinal Service Roosevelt Hospital, 1962-1965
