About the author
Vinay Kamat, MD, FACP, has published poetry and prose in Journal of American Medical Association, Annals of Internal Medicine, Karamu, Problem Child, Yale Journal of Humanities and Medicine, Blood and Thunder: Musings on the Art of Medicine, Oklahoma University School of Medicine, and Dartmouth Medical School's Lifelines. Trying not to be a sissy, he has appeared on ABC's Emmy Award-winning Shark Tank Season 9 and had a lead role in an award-winning independent motion picture. Currently, he practices medicine in Saint Louis, Missouri.