J. Paul Waymack

Not quite a memoir, but more a series of vignettes from Waymack's two decades as a trauma surgeon. From his days as a grass-green medical student dealing with unexpected situations in the ER, to the capstone of his surgical career treating burn victims in the Soviet Union in the late '80s. Waymack presents a variety of humorous -- and occasionally appalling -- glimpses into the life of a trauma surgeon.