I'm a surgeon-writer, surgical educator (Professor at Tufts U. School of Medicine, Baystate Medical Center), involved with medical students and surgical residents. I'm still doing some surgery, gave up the big stuff. Love researching and writing both fiction and non-fiction books. Two of my NF books are reference books for writers. Attended Springfield College for six years and then University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine. Returned to Springfield MA to train in general surgery and became the Clerkship Director and now full Professor of Surgery. Went back to school and graduated from U. Southern Maine, Stonecoast with an MFA in 2006. Big influences on my writing were Dennis Lehane, Jim Kelly, Michael White, Ann Hood, Suzanne Strempeck Shea and many others. Am motivated to write fiction and self-help books. If you have a medical question that pertains to a character in a story, ask and I'll do my best to respond. I am slowly learning how to dispense medical, especially surgical, information on teh web and to connect with others interested in promoting patient safety.