David Alfery, MD

David Alfery is a cardiac anesthesiologist and author of Saving Grace: What Patients Teach Their Doctors about Life, Death, and the Balance in Between.

June 10, 2023Jun 10, 2023

An excerpt from Saving Grace: What Patients Teach Their Doctors about Life, Death, and the Balance in Between. On the morning of the first day of surgery in Nicaragua, I paced. It was 8:10 a.m., and the cases were supposed…

An excerpt from Saving Grace: What Patients Teach Their Doctors about Life, Death, and the Balance in Between.

On the morning of the first day of surgery in Nicaragua, I paced. It was 8:10 a.m., and the cases were supposed to begin at 7:30 a.m. But as with most missions, the first day was already running behind, with last-minute changes to the operating schedule …

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Falling in love with the heart

David Alfery, MD

October 26, 2022Oct 26, 2022

An excerpt from Saving Grace: What Patients Teach Their Doctors about Life, Death, and the Balance in Between. In my third year at LSU Medical School, we dove headfirst into full-time patient care, taking required nine-week rotations on internal medicine,…

An excerpt from Saving Grace: What Patients Teach Their Doctors about Life, Death, and the Balance in Between.

In my third year at LSU Medical School, we dove headfirst into full-time patient care, taking required nine-week rotations on internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and general surgery. In the fourth year there were additional mandated subjects, but for several months we were able to take elective courses as well. Students …

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Falling in love with the heart