{"product_id":"playing-god-the-evolution-of-a-modern-surgeon-hardcover","title":"Playing God: The Evolution of a Modern Surgeon - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnthony Youn M. D.\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlan Eisenstock\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat does it mean to be a doctor?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I am a doctor.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery year, thousands of medical school graduates utter these four simple words. But as you will see in \u003ci\u003ePlaying God\u003c\/i\u003e, earning an M.D. is just the first step to becoming a real physician. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this page-turning, thrilling, and moving memoir, Dr. Anthony Youn reveals that the true metamorphosis from student to doctor occurs not in medical school but in the formative years of residency training and early practice. It is only through actually saving and losing patients, taking on the medical establishment, wrestling with financial and emotional survival, and fighting for patients' lives that a young doctor becomes a mature and competent physician. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Youn takes you from the operating rooms of a university surgery residency program to the gleaming offices of top Beverly Hills plastic surgeons to opening the doors of his empty clinic as a new doctor with no money, no patients, and mountains of debt. \u003ci\u003ePlaying God \u003c\/i\u003eleaves you with an unexpected answer to that profound question: \"What does it mean to be a doctor?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePlaying God\u003c\/i\u003e, you will take a journey through the world of surgery, hospitals, and the practice of medicine unlike any that you have traveled before.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthony Youn, M.D. is known as America's Holistic Beauty Doc(TM) and one of the country's most recognized plastic surgeons. He is the host of a popular podcast, \u003ci\u003eThe Holistic Plastic Surgery Show\u003c\/i\u003e. Dr. Youn is also the author of \u003ci\u003eIn Stitches\u003c\/i\u003e, his critically-acclaimed and award-winning memoir of becoming a doctor (Gallery Books\/Simon \u0026amp; Schuster, 2011), \u003ci\u003eand The Age Fix: A Leading Plastic Surgeon Reveals How To Really Look Ten Years Younger\u003c\/i\u003e (Grand Central Life \u0026amp; Style\/Hachette, 2016). The latter was adapted into a successful public television special which has been viewed by millions. Dr. Youn is also a regular expert on \u003ci\u003eThe Rachael Ray Show\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dr. Oz Show\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Doctors\u003c\/i\u003e, and many more national television programs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNamed a \"Top Plastic Surgeon\" by \u003ci\u003eU.S. News and World Report, Town \u0026amp; Country, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar, \u003c\/i\u003e Dr. Youn is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlan Eisenstock is the author of seventeen books, most recently \u003ci\u003eLove Thy Neighbor: A Muslim Doctor's Struggle for Home in Rural America\u003c\/i\u003e (Convergent Books), written with Dr. Ayaz Virji. He lives in Pacific Palisades, California.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770387988768,"sku":"9781642931280","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e10c9112cdd29d97d4cef8e45e33f838.webp?v=1780370692","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/playing-god-the-evolution-of-a-modern-surgeon-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}