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More than Just Surgery: Life Lessons Beyond the OT
Awarded the Padma Shri, the Padma Bhushan and the OBE, Dr Tehemton Erach Udwadia is widely regarded as the father of laparoscopy in India. From 1951 as a medical student to the present day, he has not only witnessed first-hand the avalanche of surgical progress, but has also seen lives saved as a result of these advances, be it a disposable plastic syringe or a liver transplant.
In this, his memoirs, he painstakingly maps his journey from his student years through residency, research, surgical practice and surgical teaching with a view to sharing the lessons he has learnt. And what they can teach you.
More Than Just Surgery is a warm personal account of people, incidents, mentors, failures and absurdities against the backdrop of surgery. It is also an engrossing historical account through the eyes and hands of someone who has lived through the journey.
In this, his memoirs, he painstakingly maps his journey from his student years through residency, research, surgical practice and surgical teaching with a view to sharing the lessons he has learnt. And what they can teach you.
More Than Just Surgery is a warm personal account of people, incidents, mentors, failures and absurdities against the backdrop of surgery. It is also an engrossing historical account through the eyes and hands of someone who has lived through the journey.
304 pages, Hardcover
Published May 1, 2022
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February 3, 2022
A must read book for all surgeons and all residents. Sir with his honest confession about his life story gives a valuable lessons for growing surgeons. Sharing his struggles and his jest for academics really inspirational.
September 4, 2022
Apparently written for young doctors - judging by the number of medical terms sprinkled throughout - the book offers some tremendous life lessons to the non-medical layman like myself.
I suggest the following inclusions in the next edition:
1. A glossary of medical terms. Although most such terms are explained when they first appear, it is easy for the layman to lose track, and it takes a humungous effort to locate where they are first mentioned and the relevant context. A glossary will prove to be an excellent refresher.
2. An index, especially of names of the author's mentors and friends and patients, who have each played a vital role in shaping the humanitarian he is today.
In the early '80s I saw Dr Udwadia being a child with the patients in the children's ward at Parsi General Hospital, Mumbai, India. I hope he never loses his sense of mischief, so beautifully brought out in his book.
All in all, an excellent read, with lots of eye-opening truths debunking many ideas the layman has of a surgeon, his work, and his life.
I suggest the following inclusions in the next edition:
1. A glossary of medical terms. Although most such terms are explained when they first appear, it is easy for the layman to lose track, and it takes a humungous effort to locate where they are first mentioned and the relevant context. A glossary will prove to be an excellent refresher.
2. An index, especially of names of the author's mentors and friends and patients, who have each played a vital role in shaping the humanitarian he is today.
In the early '80s I saw Dr Udwadia being a child with the patients in the children's ward at Parsi General Hospital, Mumbai, India. I hope he never loses his sense of mischief, so beautifully brought out in his book.
All in all, an excellent read, with lots of eye-opening truths debunking many ideas the layman has of a surgeon, his work, and his life.
November 25, 2024
Almost in tears by the end of this book. Really gave me new perspective and a renewed determination to be as good a surgeon and person as I can be. Gave me much needed assurance that I've chosen the right path.
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