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Make Every Shot Count: How Basketball Taught a Point Guard to Be a Surgeon
From New Jersey's rough and competitive world of playground basketball to the unforgiving, sleep-deprived reality of surgical training, Make Every Shot Count offers a gripping account of how a young boy with an overwhelming passion for basketball utilizes lessons learned on the court to overcome adversity and achieve his goals. Often hilarious and at times heart wrenching, this captivating and honest narrative leaves the reader mesmerized by a unique perspective on two very different worlds. A book for the underdog, the lessons of teamwork, discipline, and persistent practice are motivating and inspiring and demonstrate the importance of believing in your own potential while trusting your instincts to do what is right.
210 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2011
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August 29, 2020
7 out of 10. Great book about basketball, Northwestern University, medical school, residency, and being a physician.
March 8, 2012
I loved that this book was written by an alumnus of our medical school!
And I appreciated reading a first-hand account of his path into medicine - in this case a path that got it's start on NJ basketball courts. Interestingly, this book got its start in the conversations between Dr Rosenfeld and his daughter, at a time when she was trying out for her school's basketball team. When you read the stories and anecdotes, you can almost hear him passing on to his daughter the lessons he learned on the courts and how he applied them to med school and to the OR.
Some of the stories he shares at the end are particularly poignant, especially Jim's story. Dr Rosenfeld writes: This is part of the true privilege of being a physician, and I hope never to take it for granted. It means walking in on people at the end of their lives and trying to help them as they go through the most difficult of challenges.
And I appreciated reading a first-hand account of his path into medicine - in this case a path that got it's start on NJ basketball courts. Interestingly, this book got its start in the conversations between Dr Rosenfeld and his daughter, at a time when she was trying out for her school's basketball team. When you read the stories and anecdotes, you can almost hear him passing on to his daughter the lessons he learned on the courts and how he applied them to med school and to the OR.
Some of the stories he shares at the end are particularly poignant, especially Jim's story. Dr Rosenfeld writes: This is part of the true privilege of being a physician, and I hope never to take it for granted. It means walking in on people at the end of their lives and trying to help them as they go through the most difficult of challenges.
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