Alpha Docs, James M. Dale
Alpha Docs, James M. Dale
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Alpha Docs
The Making of a Cardiologist

Author: James M. Dale, Daniel Muñoz, M. D.

Narrator: Jonathan Yen

Unabridged: 7 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/11/2015


Synopsis

It takes drive, persistence, and plenty of stamina to practice cardiology at the highest level. The competition for training fellowship spots is intense. Hundreds of applicants from all over the world compete to be accepted into the Cardiovascular Disease Training Fellowship at Johns Hopkins. Only nine are chosen each year. This is the story of one of those fellows.



In Alpha Docs, Daniel Muñoz, MD, recounts his transformation from wide-eyed young medical student to caring, empathetic professional—providing a rare inside look into the day-to-day operations of one of the world's most prestigious medical institutions. The training is arduous and often unforgiving, as Muñoz and his colleagues are schooled by a staff of brilliant and demanding physicians. How they learn the art and science of untangling cardiac mysteries, how they live up to the standards of an iconic institution, how they survive the pressures and relentlessly push themselves to reach the top ranks of American medicine, supplies the beating heart of this gripping narrative.

About James M. Dale

James Dale is an author and marketing consultant whose work includes books, articles, radio, television, sports, technology, media relations, and marketing. He is the former president of international advertising agency W. B. Doner, and co-founder of Richlin/Dale business advisory. Dale has written or co-written numerous books on topics ranging from baseball to negotiation to golf to business to football to medicine.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Susannah on February 10, 2017

Not particularly exciting or thrilling, but if you enjoy books about medicine or health, you might like this one. It was easy to understand and had a fair amount of personal insight into why one chooses to become a doctor.......more

Goodreads review by Harrison on September 07, 2024

This book was really informative of the life of a Cardiology Fellow in America. It had many gripping stories. If you don’t have a health or medical background, some of the terms are not in laymen’s terms so may be more taxing to read.......more

Goodreads review by Gkaur on February 24, 2016

Copy provided by publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review, Thank you! I will begin by saying I am a pre-med student and any novels/memoirs/autobiographies i tend to gravitate toward. This was an interesting insight into the cardiology fellowship with kept me engaged. Dr. Munoz does a......more

Goodreads review by Allyson on November 09, 2022

I purchased this book back in 2018 because the ebook was being offered at a great price, but I kept skipping over the book on my Kindle app because I thought that the title of the book, Alpha Docs implied the doctors being discussed in the book were seriously full of themselves. Instead, I was treate......more