Title: A Surgeon’s Life with Bipolar Disorder
Author: John A. Emery, MD
Publisher: XlibrisUS
ISBN: 978-1-9845-3992-2
Pages: 272
Genre: Self-Help/Autobiography
Reviewed by: Jessica Schmidt
Synopsis
Dr. Emery has written this book to enhance your knowledge of bipolar disorder and point out how it affected his life. He will tell you of some of the unique and coincidental experiences he has had. These experiences will include his experience with the Watts Riot of 1965, the Vietnam War, and the Tet Offensive of 1968. When appropriate, he will give you his medical assessment of these experiences. We hope you will enjoy the book.
About the Author
Dr. Emery was born in Niagara Falls, New York. He grew up in Charleston, West Virginia. He graduated from Torrance high school in Torrance, California. He attended UCLA on a football and private academic scholarship. He attended UCSF medical school. He did an internship at Los Angeles County Hospital. He was a Navy doctor with the USMC in the Vietnam War. He finished a Urology residency and practiced Urology in Southern California for over 30 years. He has two children and six grandchildren.
