Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS,is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and has held positions as chief of neurosurgery and chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Arizona. He is currently the executive director of the Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center. Dr. Hamilton has authored more than 20 medical textbook chapters and 50 peer-review research articles, and has served on the editorial board of several medical journals. He is the author ofThe Scalpel and the Soul, winner of the 2009 Nautilus Silver Award, andZen Mind, Zen Horse-The Science and Spirituality of Training Horses, which won the Nautilus Gold Award.
"Funny, irreverent, earthy, big-hearted, honest, real."
-Family Circle online "Books of the Month" Review
"Allan Hamilton is a natural storyteller. His real-life experiences
remind us that patients and surgeons can share in a spiritual
transformation during the course of battling disease."
-Linda Klein, R.N., producer of Grey's Anatomy and Nip/Tuck
"His observations and insights push the limits of current
scientific knowledge as he attempts to bring some rational thought
to the unexplainable."
-Richard Carmona, M.D., MPH, FACS, 17th Surgeon General of the
United States
"A moving account of what can happen when a doctor opens his heart
and his eyes to life's spiritual lessons and to the mystery that
thrives amidst the terror and trauma of life-threatening
illness."
-Bernie Siegel, M.D., author of Help Me to Heal and Prescriptions
for Living
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