Book details

  • Genre:biography & autobiography
  • Sub-genre:Personal Memoirs
  • Language:English
  • Pages:216
  • eBook ISBN:9798317838577

Learning to Listen: A Memoir

Second Edition

By Vidhya Prakash MD

Overview

Learning to Listen is a riveting memoir, chronicling an infectious diseases physician's most impactful patient encounters amidst a backdrop of poignant and powerful experiences growing up in the United States. A fascinating journey into the world of an Indian woman, physician, U.S. Air Force veteran, and mother, Learning to Listen strikes a chord and touches the heart.
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Description

In her memoir, Learning to Listen, Dr. Vidhya Prakash chronicles her journey as an Indian woman infectious diseases physician in the United States Air Force. Prakash details her upbringing in a traditional Indian household in Cincinnati, Ohio, grounded in the values instilled by her parents and nurtured by loving relationships in the Indian community. She details touching and poignant experiences with her patients over the years which shaped her into the physician she is today. Prakash talks candidly about the challenges of work-life integration as a wife, daughter, sister, and busy mother of two boys. Be prepared to laugh and cry, as Learning to Listen strikes a chord and touches the heart.
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About The Author

Dr. Vidhya Prakash is a professor of clinical internal medicine and infectious diseases at Southern Illinois (SIU) School of Medicine. Dr. Prakash graduated from The Ohio State University with a BA in English. She received her MD degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She completed her internal medicine residency followed by infectious diseases fellowship at the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium. After serving as an infectious diseases physician in the United States Air Force for ten years on active duty status, she retired from the military in 2014 and joined SIU School of Medicine. She lives in Illinois with her husband, Dr. Eric Black, and their children, Eric Shiva and Ethan Prakash. Learning to Listen is her first book.
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