A Boy Named Courage: A Surgeon's Memoir of Apartheid

ISBN-13: 9781947976009

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Cynren Press

Publication Date: 10-09-2018

Pages: 222

Product Dimensions: 8.80h x 5.80w x 0.90d

Age Range: 8 - 12 Years

Himmet, Dajee: - Himmet Dajee, MD, holds medical degrees from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and the University of London. He was an assistant professor at UCLA and a staff cardiac surgeon at Kaiser Permanente. After two decades in private practice in California, he retired from surgery in 2006 and currently serves as a medical director at a California health care organization that administers health insurance for low-income patients. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and the American College of Chest Physicians. The recipient of numerous academic awards, Dajee has coauthored twenty-one papers published in prestigious medical journals and is a frequent speaker at medical conferences.Patrice, Apodaca: - Patrice Apodaca, a veteran journalist, is a former Los Angeles Times staff writer. She is currently a featured columnist for the Daily Pilot, a Los Angeles Times Community News publication.