From Valley Boy to Cardiologist: Memoir of Rex N. MacAlpin, M.D. (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781544765327)

This is one man's memoir covering his roots, growing up and education in California's San Fernando Valley during the 1930s and 1940s, college and medical school education, specialty training in internal medicine and cardiology, active duty in the US Navy as a medical officer, and eventually becoming an academic cardiologist, spending over 50 years teaching and doing research. In addition to marriage and raising a family, areas covered include, exercise physiology, coronary heart disease, cardiac catheterization and biopsy, heart transplantation, electrocardiography, and medico-legal consultation. Teaching and research activities continued for over 28 years in semi-retirement despite personal battles with various cancers.

Author: Rex N. Macalpin
ISBN-10: 1544765320
ISBN-13: 9781544765327
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/08/2017
Pages: 380
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.78d