A Surgeon's Heart: The Challenge

After retiring to the Pacific shores of Nicaragua, Dr. Jack Roberts follows a new calling of his Surgeon's Heart. He is frustrated and angry with the growing restrictions, mandates, and penalties imposed on American physicians, so the accomplished pediatric heart surgeon vows to build a new and better health care system, far away from the forces of political power and corporate greed.
He teams up with others who are likewise on the verge of quitting to build a unique network of ultramodern hospitals, where the focus is on the needs of the patients rather than the profits of payers and investors. Jack works tirelessly to pull all the element together with an unspoken promise to change the world of medicine forever. He seeks to create an island of medical freedom amid the jungles of Central America, where inspiration, excellence, cooperation, and innovation are the driving forces.

As the story unfolds, Jack is challenged emotionally, physically, and spiritually, struggling to keep his dream alive, not just for himself, but also for his son. Dr. David Roberts, is a talented and ambitious surgical resident in a distinguished training program in Dallas, Texas, where he, too, experiences many of the same pressures and obstacles that drove his father from a successful practice in nearby Fort Worth a few years earlier. Having grown up watching his father openly display an unwavering devotion to his patients and the traditional code of medical ethics, David seeks to overcome his challenges as he follows his own Surgeon's Heart.