June 6, 2025Friday emergency medicineresearch Historical narrative The DO Book Club, June 2025: ‘American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America’s First Paramedics’ Author Kevin Hazzard tells the story of the Freedom House Ambulance Service, a community organization in inner-city Pittsburgh that in 1968 became the first emergency medical service with advanced paramedic training. The DO Book Club By Joan Naidorf, DO
May 21, 2025Wednesday dementiaThe DO book club Diving deep The DO Book Club, May 2025: ‘Life in the Balance: A Physician’s Memoir of Life, Love and Loss with Parkinson’s Disease and Dementia’ Tim Barreiro, DO, breaks down this touching memoir that invites clinicians to reconnect with the fundamental humanism of the healing arts. The DO Book Club By Tim Barreiro, DO
March 26, 2025Wednesday bookschildrenThe DO book club Early exposure The DO Book Club, April 2025: ‘Medical School for Kids’ Joan Naidorf, DO, dives into this educational series where kids will learn about the body’s organs, possible careers, future visits to the doctor’s office and different specialties. The DO Book Club By Joan Naidorf, DO
Feb. 28, 2025Friday cancerStorytellingThe DO book club Patient perspectives The DO Book Club, March 2025: ‘At the Will of the Body: Reflections on Illness’ In this memoir, Arthur Frank intimately shares his experiences with two life-altering illnesses he suffered personally: heart disease and cancer. The DO Book Club By Tim Barreiro, DO
Jan. 31, 2025Friday Black History Mointhracial biasThe DO book club Black History Month The DO Book Club, Feb. 2025: ‘Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine’ Uché Blackstock, MD, writes about becoming a Harvard-educated emergency medicine physician and her efforts to help diversify the student body and residency training programs of a major university medical center. The DO Book Club By Joan Naidorf, DO
Jan. 13, 2025Monday addiction medicineresiliencyThe DO book club Family matters The DO Book Club, Jan. 2025: ‘Hey, Kiddo’ Tim Barreiro, DO, reviews a graphic memoir on the personal experience of a teenager adopted and raised by his grandparents because his mother was incarcerated and struggling with addiction. The DO Book Club By Tim Barreiro, DO
Dec. 2, 2024Monday New Year'sThe DO book club Diving in deep The DO Book Club, Dec. 2024: Thought-provoking reads to enter the new year The DO staff and Book Club writers share intriguing, thought-provoking books for your winter time off. From autobiography to fiction, there is something for everyone. The DO Book Club By Alexa Matthews
Oct. 31, 2024Thursday mental healthptsdThe DO book club Recovering from PTSD The DO Book Club, Nov. 2024: ‘Night Watch’ Tim Barreiro, DO, reviews this engrossing and thought-provoking historical read about ConaLee and her mother as they become institutionalized in an asylum shortly after the Civil War. The DO Book Club By Tim Barreiro, DO
Sept. 30, 2024Monday hospital medicinepatient careThe DO book club Medical mystery The DO Book Club, Oct. 2024: ‘The Autumn Ghost’ Hannah Wunsch, MD, tells the largely untold story of a deadly 1952 polio epidemic in Denmark that fostered the advent of modern-day intensive care medicine. The DO Book Club By Joan Naidorf, DO
Aug. 30, 2024Friday booksThe DO book club Secrets and mysteries The DO Book Club, Sept. 2024: ‘The Covenant of Water’ Joan Naidorf, DO, breaks down this novel’s enchanting combination of spirituality, early medical practice, Anglo-Indian history, romance and family devotion. The DO Book Club By Joan Naidorf, DO