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Triumph Over Tragedy: The Odyssey Of An Academic Physician, William H. Frishman Jan 2016

Triumph Over Tragedy: The Odyssey Of An Academic Physician, William H. Frishman

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Triumph Over Tragedy: The Odyssey of an Academic Physician is the remarkable new memoir written by William H. Frishman, M.D., currently the Director of Medicine at Westchester Medical Center and the Rosenthal Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine at New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York, positions he has held for almost 20 years.

Dr. Frishman is a devotee of history and literature, and The Odyssey by Homer is one of his favorite books. In Triumph Over Tragedy, he details his own personal odyssey, and relays his experiences, through text and photos, as a son, student, …