| Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine Contributor(s): Sullivan, Louis W. (Author), Chanoff, David (With), Young, Andrew (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0820349380 ISBN-13: 9780820349381 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $24.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Medical (incl. Patients) - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General - Social Science | Disease & Health Issues |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2013029150 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.00 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
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| Publisher Description: In Breaking Ground, Louis W. Sullivan, M.D. recounts his extraordinary life including his childhood in Jim Crow south Georgia and continuing through his trailblazing endeavors training to become a physician in an almost entirely white environment in the Northeast. He was the founding dean and president of Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, and served as secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in President George H. W. Bush's administration. Throughout his extraordinary life Sullivan has passionately championed improved access to health care for all Americans and greater diversity among the nation's health professionals. Sullivan's life--from Morehouse to the White House and his ongoing work with medical students in South Africa--is the embodiment of the hopes and progress that the civil rights movement fought to achieve. His story should inspire future generations--of all backgrounds--to aspire to great things. |
Contributor Bio(s): Chanoff, David: - DAVID CHANOFF has written for the New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post, and the New Republic. His sixteen books include collaborations with former surgeon general Joycelyn Elders, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral William Crowe Jr., and Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon.Sullivan, Louis W.: - DR. LOUIS SULLIVAN is the founding dean and first president of Morehouse School of Medicine (now president emeritus). He was secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during the George H. W. Bush administration. He is chair of the board of the National Health Museum in Atlanta and the Washington, D.C.-based Sullivan Alliance to Transform America's Health Professionals. He is author of The Morehouse Mystique: Becoming a Doctor at the Nation's Newest African American Medical School (with Marybeth Gasman). |