Click here to return to book details FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Email: publicity@regnery.com Phone: 202-216-0600 WORLD-CLASS SURGEON REVEALS HOW TO SURVIVE YOUR DOCTOR’S CARE Looking from the Inside Out…Nationally Renowned Surgeon Reveals How Dangerous Medical Mistakes Almost Ended Her Career and How You Can Seek and Secure the Best Medical Care “I did all the things a good patient should do…I chose the surgeon who had the most experience…a respected academic physician who himself trained world-famous surgeons. I couldn’t have asked for more. Or so I thought.” — Dr. Pamela Gallin on the medical mistake that almost ended her career We’ve all heard horror stories about medical mistakes. From lost records to misread test results to botched prescriptions, it’s clear that in today’s world of managed care, everyone needs to take a more active role in their own health care. But what happens when someone with all the medical connections and expertise in the world gets caught short? That is exactly what happened to Dr. Pamela Gallin, a surgeon at one of the nation’s leading medical centers, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Six years into her surgical career, Dr. Gallin developed joint inflammation in her right hand. Hand surgery done by the best in the field went terribly wrong, leading to nerve damage, excruciating pain, a second surgery, and two further rounds of plastic surgery. In HOW TO SURVIVE YOUR DOCTOR’S CARE, Dr. Gallin, known as one of the “Best Doctors in America” reveals how easily a routine procedure like hers can turn into a life-threatening event and what you can do to prevent that. Using real-life examples, Dr. Gallin shares the essentials of navigating the health care system to understand any medical scenarios that you confront, including how to decode the medical system, how things work, why they work that way, and what that means to you, the medical consumer. Dr. Gallin also guides you on: Understanding and using the hidden term of doctors connected to your primary care physician and specialist Ensuring your medical team knows how to handle any “worst-case” health crisis Understanding and using the hidden team of doctors connected to your primary care physician and specialist Recognizing the differences between an internist, a primary care physician, and a specialist Minimizing the chance your X-ray or CAT scan is improperly read Choosing the right medical institution and researching its certification Determining which steps to take before you undergo surgery HOW TO SURVIVE YOUR DOCTOR’S CARE offers invaluable counsel and provides you with the expertise and guidance you need to chart a course to recovery and emerge unscathed from the medical care maze. Pamela F. Gallin, M.D., F.A.C.S. is one of the country’s leading pediatric surgeons at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and the Director and Associate Professor of Pediatric Ophthalmology at the Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute. In addition, Dr. Gallin is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of New York. Dr. Gallin is also ranked as America’s Top Doctors by Castle Connolly. Click here to order from Amazon: