A Surgeon's Story

This is a story of a top surgeon in the New York Metropolitan area. He came from humble beginnings, but with solid foundations in decency, honesty and love of humanity. He learned how to work hard for everything we wanted to achieve.
He was shocked by his father's premature death from colon cancer. This traumatic experience inspired him to study Medicine in Athens Greece, and specialize in General and Cancer Surgery at King's County Hospital, SUNY-DMC in Brooklyn NY. The tough times of endless hours of work, coupled with the inspirational results of the Surgical practice in Brooklyn are described in layman's terms.
He was appointed Assistant Professor of Surgery upon completion of his training, but established his own private practice in Bergen County in 1979, where he practiced until his retirement on January 1st 2016. Multiple, inspiring life threatening medical conditions, representing a variety of surgical problems, were treated successfully and are described in layman's terms.
The private life of the surgeon is also described, from the childhood years to his retirement and beyond.