Your Heart, My Hands: An Immigrant's Remarkable Journey to Become One of America's Preeminent Cardiac Surgeons
Your Heart, My Hands: An Immigrant's Remarkable Journey to Become One of America's Preeminent Cardiac Surgeons book cover

Your Heart, My Hands: An Immigrant's Remarkable Journey to Become One of America's Preeminent Cardiac Surgeons

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Arun Singh, MD , preeminent cardiac surgeon, has personally performed over 15,000 heart surgeries. Dr. Singh has earned numerous awards as a physician, including the American Heart Association's Hero at Heart Award and the Milton Hamolsky Outstanding Physician Award. In practice at Rhode island Hospital since 1975, Dr. Singh was elected to the Rhode Island Hall of Fame, only the second person of Indian descent to receive this distinction. --This text refers to the audioCD edition. Unconventional and affecting. --"Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer Prize-winning author" --This text refers to the audioCD edition.

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  • An encouraging, inspiring, and "absorbing" (Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer Prize winner) true story of how a boy from India overcame a difficult childhood and devastating hand injuries and became one of the most prolific cardiac surgeons in U.S. history.
  • An encouraging and inspiring true story on how a boy from India overcame a difficult childhood and devastating hand injuries and became one of the most prolific cardiac surgeons in U.S. history. Leaving a life marked by crippling setbacks and his father's doubt, in 1967 a twenty-something doctor from India arrived in America with only five dollars and the desire to claim his American dream. The journey still awaiting Dr. Arun K. Singh would be unparalleled. Faced with an entirely new culture, racism, and the lasting effects of disabling childhood injuries, through hard work and perseverance he overcame all odds. Now having performed over 15,000 open heart surgeries, more than nearly every surgeon in history, Dr. Singh reflects on his most memorable patients and his incredible personal life. Shared for the first time, these intimate and uplifting accounts, along with photos, will have you cheering for the underdog and appreciating the enduring determination of the human spirit.

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Your Heart, My Hands is the personal and professional story of cardiac surgeon, Dr. Arun Singh. In 1967, Singh arrived from India with only five dollars in his pocket and a desire to heal others. Readers are treated to an inside view of his childhood in India, fraught with injury and illness, as well as poverty on a remarkable level. Singh shows how it is possible to take what might be an impediment, such as his own dyslexia or his imperfectly healed arm injuries, and turn it into a strength. Dr. Singh details many instances where his internal resolve was tested, where racism threatened to derail his career, and how important it was to look ahead to the future during times of indecision. Dr. Singh was not always treated well by the bureaucrats of his chosen profession, but through it all, the doctor never lost sight of his passion to treat and to help others. I highly recommend Your Heart, My Hands to readers who like medical nonfiction and biographies.

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