The author is a general surgeon with subspecialty in hand and upper extremity surgery. He has been a campus journalist from high school to his college days and was, for more than twenty years, edit...view moreThe author is a general surgeon with subspecialty in hand and upper extremity surgery. He has been a campus journalist from high school to his college days and was, for more than twenty years, editor and website director of a magazine of surgeons nationally. He has published a book of essays recently. He now lives with his wife, an obstetrician and gynecologist, in Nevada.view less