A tragic accident ends Laura Nelson's career as a surgeon. After accepting a position as Vice President for Research in a large pharmaceutical company, Laura works to finalize the imminent approval of the company's groundbreaking new drug. But Jake Harter, a malicious Food and Drug Administration employee, cannot let that happen. He is obsessed with Adawia Abdul, the beautiful Iraqi scientist who discovered the drug. As soon as the drug is approved,...

Introduces different types of doctors and includes information on what they do to keep people healthy.

America's broken medical system is breaking our doctors-even as they're lauded as heroes. Physician burnout annually costs the medical industry-run by insurance companies, administrators, and electronic record systems-$5 billion. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, 70% of physicians said they would not recommend a medical career to their families. It's time for change. In Determined, academic physician and certified coach Dr. Jimmy Turner lays out...

Castle Connolly's America's Top Doctors® for Cancer represents the much-needed and long-overdue answer for consumers – and physicians - seeking the top cancer specialists. Castle Connolly's physician-led Research Team has tackled some of the tough issues and developed criteria for selection. Castle Connolly's well respected national survey process that has enabled them to identify the leading physicians in more than twenty medical specialties associated...

Sonya M. Sloan, M.D., #OrthoDoc, has established herself as a force to be reckoned with in the male-dominated field of Orthopedic Surgery. Licensed to practice medicine in several states, she travels the country to extend the impact of her unique approach to patient care, including one of the first telemedicine companies privately owned as a partnership venture. Dr. Sloan is the quintessential fusion of her love for medicine and her passion to help...

One of the greatest and most common criticisms of modern medicine is that physicians and healthcare providers communicate poorly with their patients. Based on decades of research, practical experience and interviews with real patients, Dr. Orsini uses his unique storytelling skills to provide practical communication techniques that help medical providers quickly build rapport and form relationships with patients and families even in the most difficult...

'She said she would pray for me. I asked her why. She said she prayed for many people. I asked her why. Stooped and frail, she wore the lassitude of ninety-seven years as transparently as she wore the pale blue wool sweater that seemed to grow from her shoulders. I had seen her before in the hurried and harried rounds I make here. My progress notes say repeatedly, 'No problems reported.' But today I took the time to listen'. Every patient tells a...

After bumping his knee one morning, Ted decides to become a doctor, but he has only one problem--he has no patients!

While playing doctor, Hippo visits the other animals until he gets scared and runs home to Doctor Mommy.