Book details

  • Genre:medical
  • Sub-genre:Education & Training
  • Language:English
  • Pages:356
  • Paperback ISBN:9798317835736

Up from South Philly

By Anthony A. Chiurco, MD

Overview

How and why does one become a neurosurgeon? Dr. Anthony Chiurco delineates a life in medicine that moves from childhood on the rough streets of south Philadelphia to success in a career that is as stressful as it is profoundly rewarding. He discusses his early programming by the Catholic Church and the eventual dismissal of organized religion and his path to atheism. The fallacy of various religious beliefs is exposed and discussed. How life on earth originated is described broadly as well as on the molecular level with a friendly explanation for the reader uneducated in the biological sciences. Whether discussing life in an Italian - American family, or evaluating current topics such as medical malpractice, health insurance companies, or government policy, he presents his opinions candidly and without apology. His experience with sailing as a two time World Champion in the International Twelve Metre Class culminating from an accidental exposure to the sport is described as well as the history and tactics of the world's great ocean races and world cups. His experience and history in the sport of rowing is discussed including competing at the Royal Henley Regatta in the UK reaching the semi finals at age 65. Both a celebration and a cautionary tale from a contemporary healer.
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Description

How and why does one become a neurosurgeon? Dr. Anthony Chiurco delineates a life in medicine that moves from childhood on the rough streets of south Philadelphia to success in a career that is as stressful as it is profoundly rewarding. He discusses his early programming by the Catholic Church and the eventual dismissal of organized religion and his path to atheism. The fallacy of various religious beliefs is exposed and discussed. How life on earth originated is described broadly as well as on the molecular level with a friendly explanation for the reader uneducated in the biological sciences. Whether discussing life in an Italian - American family, or evaluating current topics such as medical malpractice, health insurance companies, or government policy, he presents his opinions candidly and without apology. His experience with sailing as a two time World Champion in the International Twelve Metre Class culminating from an accidental exposure to the sport is described as well as the history and tactics of the world's great ocean races and world cups. His experience and history in the sport of rowing is discussed including competing at the Royal Henley Regatta in the UK reaching the semi finals at age 65. Both a celebration and a cautionary tale from a contemporary healer.
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About The Author

Anthony Alfred Chiurco, MD has served as Chief of Neurosurgery at the University Medical Center of Princeton for over thirty years and as Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Capital Health systems in Trenton, NJ. He is a member of the American college of Surgeons, past President of the New Jersey Neurosurgical Society and a member of most major neurosurgical and spinal surgical societies. He has performed over seven thousand operations on the brain and spine in a career spanning over forty years. He is a member of the New York Yacht Club and an accomplished sailor having competed in many of the world's great ocean races and world cups He is a two time world champion in the International Twelve Metre Class, the yachts used in past America's Cup regattas. Dr Chiurco is a lifelong oarsman from age fourteen culminating in reaching the semifinals at the Henley Regatta in the UK at age sixty five. He is an exhibited artist in portraiture and still life. He is married and lives in Princeton, NJ with his wife Kimberly and twins Coleman and Kelsey.
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