The Making of a Doctor

“This collection is equal parts playful and poetic, magical realism à la Gabriel García Márquez mixed with the sagacious wit of Brecht, in its rare, forceful, and clear-eyed critique of political injustice. The Making of a Doctor is essential reading for those who seek to understand medical training and practice in the twenty-first century.” - Chase J. Webber, DO, FACP, Associate Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Informatics “A deeply significant examination of how the transformation in medicine from a patient-centered profession to a transactional business has eroded the humanity in patient care as well as the physician’s sense of self, autonomy, and agency. Izmaylov eloquently captures the crisis slowly unfolding in offices and exam rooms, and in the hearts of those who once saw medicine as their calling, and provides sage advice on how the medical profession can move forward.” - Mark A. Goldstein, MD, Founding Chief Emeritus, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

Dr. Michelle Izmaylov is an assistant professor of clinical medicine at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She has published over fifty essays in some of the most recognized medical journals and has won numerous awards; she presents internationally about narrative medicine in the United States and Canada.

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