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    The Pit: Memoir of an Emergency Physician
    The Pit: Memoir of an Emergency Physician
    The Pit: Memoir of an Emergency Physician
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    The Pit: Memoir of an Emergency Physician

    By Gary D. Conrad

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    After forty-five years in medicine, over forty of them as an emergency physician, Dr. Gary Conrad has seen almost everything. Brace yourself and take his hand as he guides you deep into and through the steaming guts of medical school, internship and emergency medicine, where exposure to infectious diseases, emotional upheaval and life-threatenin

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAhimsa Press
    Release dateAug 1, 2019
    ISBN9781733559102
    The Pit: Memoir of an Emergency Physician
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    Gary D. Conrad

    Gary D. Conrad lives with his wife, Sheridan, and their dogs, Karma and Buddy, in Edmond, Oklahoma. Gary is an emergency and integrative physician, and his interests include Tibetan rights, meditation, the music of Joseph Haydn, choral work and wilderness hiking. He received his undergraduate diploma from Oklahoma State University, his M.D. degree from the University of Oklahoma, and after finishing his internship in 1978, has been a practitioner of emergency medicine in the greater Oklahoma City area. He has also completed a fellowship in integrative medicine at the University of Arizona.

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