Playing God, Anthony Youn, MD
Playing God, Anthony Youn, MD
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Playing God
The Evolution of a Modern Surgeon

Author: Anthony Youn, MD, Alan Eisenstock

Narrator: Kyle Tait

Unabridged: 8 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/17/2019


Synopsis

What does it mean to be a doctor?

"I am a doctor."

Every year, thousands of medical school graduates utter these four simple words. But as you will see in Playing God, earning an MD is just the first step to becoming a real physician.

In this thrilling and moving memoir, Dr. Anthony Youn reveals that the true metamorphosis from student to doctor occurs not in medical school but in the formative years of residency training and early practice. It is only through actually saving and losing patients, taking on the medical establishment, wrestling with financial and emotional survival, and fighting for patients' lives that a young doctor becomes a mature and competent physician.

Dr. Youn takes you from the operating rooms of a university surgery residency program to the gleaming offices of top Beverly Hills plastic surgeons to opening the doors of his empty clinic as a new doctor with no money, no patients, and mountains of debt. Playing God leaves you with an unexpected answer to that profound question: "What does it mean to be a doctor?"

In Playing God, you will take a journey through the world of surgery, hospitals, and the practice of medicine unlike any that you have traveled before.

About Anthony Youn, MD

Anthony Youn, MD, known as America's Holistic Beauty Doc, is one of the country's most recognized plastic surgeons. He is the host of a popular podcast, The Holistic Plastic Surgery Show. Dr. Youn is also the author of In Stitches, his critically acclaimed and award-winning memoir of becoming a doctor, and The Age Fix: A Leading Plastic Surgeon Reveals How to Really Look Ten Years Younger. The latter was adapted into a successful public television special which has been viewed by millions. Dr. Youn is also a regular expert on The Rachael Ray Show, The Dr. Oz Show, The Doctors, and many more national television programs.

Named a Top Plastic Surgeon by U.S. News and World Report, Town & Country, and Harper's Bazaar, Dr. Youn is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine.


Reviews

Goodreads review by دُعاء| Doaa on August 17, 2022

I admire his compassion.......more

Goodreads review by Sara on March 14, 2020

I’ve enjoyed all his books!!!......more

Goodreads review by Taylor on March 17, 2021

Great read. Kept me captivated throughout. Very interesting to get a look into the process of becoming a surgeon, and a cool revelation of how important plastic surgeons are, extending beyond elective, purely superficial procedures.......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on March 11, 2022

This book was SO GOOD!! I could absolutely relate to dealing with cuckoo patients and arrogant physicians. And the anxieties that come with starting a new profession. I laughed so much at some of the stories. Definitely recommend, especially if you’re a healthcare worker.......more

Goodreads review by Moriah on August 08, 2022

I have been watching Dr. Youn after watching a Dr. Mike video that he was in. Then I found out that he he wrote a book and I excited to read it. From the first few sentences I was hooked. The amount of frustration and roadblock, Dr. Youn has overcome is inspiration itself. I understand why it is cal......more