Month: June 2014

Editor: Shan R. Baker, MD Publisher: Elsevier Saunders – 788 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani Full-color line drawings, actual photos and videos of patients undergoing various facial plastic and reconstructive surgical procedures are some of the top features of this one-of-a-kind book. Detailed drawings as well as step-by-step instructions to achieve the best results are other benefits you the practitioner or student can derive from this unique text, put together by the highly-experienced expert Dr. Shan Baker, one of the leading facial plastic and reconstructive surgeons in the world. This book was first published in 1995, and its...

Author: Mark W. Leitman, MD Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell – 157 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani Experts are people who know their subject well. But they are outstanding when they are able to present, in written form, a lot of information in a small number of pages. This means they understand their subject thoroughly not just from gaining knowledge through years of studying, but also from gaining experience and insight by spending thousands upon thousands of hours examining diseases and disorders in patients. That is the case here with Dr. Leitman. And his compact and handy book can be carried...

Editors: Mitchell S. Fineman, MD; and Allen C. Ho, MD. Series Editor: Christopher J. Rapuano, MD Publisher: Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins – 401 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This is a compact, highly useful book on retinal disease which is handy enough to be carried in a lab coat pocket yet contains what the editors describe as “enough focused detail to provide the framework of our thinking on: important clinical signs, associated clinical signs, differential diagnosis, diagnostic evaluation, and prognosis and management of hundreds of vitreoretinal conditions.” This book covers nine types of retinal disease...

Editors: Jack J. Kanski, MD; and Brad Bowling, FRCSEd (Ophth). With Ken Nischal, FRCOphth;  and Andrew Pearson, MRCP, FRCOphth Publisher: Elsevier Saunders – 909 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This is a book for trainees and practitioners involved in the diagnosis and treatment of ophthalmic disease and disorders. It is a visually rich book of over 900 pages, with thousands of full-color images. The material in this book is organized for rapid reference and efficient, effective recall. More on content organization is detailed below. Content organization is no less than superb. Not only are the topics of each...

Author:  Dan Quiggle Publisher: Wiley – 162 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram Born on February 6th, 1911, Ronald Reagan took office as President of the United States when he was nearly 70 years old on January 20th 1981. Having delivered solutions to the then-prevailing  high inflation and other economic problems, the people re-elected him. He was called the Great Communicator, but more than just being able to communicate effectively, he motivated and inspired people in general, but particularly the members of the team he built around him to accomplish the goals he set forward at the outset of...