Month: August 2014

Author: William L. Heward, Ed.D., BCBA-D Publisher: Pearson – 562 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram Students who receive the benefits of special education are not only those who have a variety of disabilities but also those who have a number of exceptional abilities. Their disabilities may relate to learning or they may be behavioral in nature. On the other end of the spectrum, students who have unusual abilities – the gifted and talented, for example – require special attention and specialized focus at an early age in order to nurture and develop those attributes. This is the gist...

Editors: Michael J. Fritsch, MD; Uwe Kehler, MD, PhD; and Ullrich Meier, MD, PhD. With contributions by Johannes Lemke and  Christoph Miethke. Publisher: Thieme Publishers Book Review by: Nano Khilnani Hydrocephalus is an abnormal increase in the amount of cerebrospinal fluid within the cranial cavity that is accompanied by expansion of the cerebral ventricles, enlargement of the skull, especially the forehead, and atrophy of the brain. For those who want to learn more about this condition we urge them go online, type in “hydrocephalus” in the search field, and look at the pictures presented.  A picture is worth a...

Authors: Theda C. Contis, MD; and Victor G. Lacombe, MD Publisher: Thieme – 202 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani I believe from experience that the best way to learn how to do anything is to read and/or listen, then do what I learned. Without the doing, people tend to forget what they learned, or thought they learned. Which is why the authors quote the Chinese philosopher Confucius: “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” Following this wise saying, Drs. Theda Contis and Victor Lacombe provide a lot of the “how-to”...

Author: Michael B. Gotway, MD Publisher: Elsevier Saunders – 433 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This reference guide is part of the Netter Correlative Imaging series. This book can help you master cardiothoracic anatomy. This book shows you the classic, high-quality images that Dr. Frank Netter produced during his lifetime (1906-1991) and became world renowned for, as well as present-day images obtained through technologies currently used such as computer tomography (CT) and the more recently-developed cardiac computed tomographic angiography (CTA). The full-color anatomical paintings and the technological images in this volume are numerous and the information provided in...

Editors: James Paul O’Neill, MD and Jatin P. Shah, MD. Associate Editors: Ian Ganly, MD; Luc G.T. Morris, MD; Snehal Patel, MD; Ashok Shaha, MD; and Bhuvanesh Singh, MD. Publisher: Elsevier Saunders – 265 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This is a unique book for residents and practitioners in otolaryngology, oncology and surgical fields relating to them to test their book-based and practical knowledge and insight on various abnormalities, ailments, diseases and disorders of the head and neck, including these particular anatomical parts named below (the book’s table of contents) as well as their diagnosis, treatment and prognosis:...