Alumni Authors Bookshelf
Medical/Public Health
Early Osteoarthritis: State-of-the-Art Approaches to Diagnosis, Treatment and Controversies
Jhillika Patel, A&S '18, BSPH '19
Focuses on the early post-traumatic changes leading to the onset of osteoarthritis. Covers the basic premise of the early osteoarthritic process on a tissue and organ level. Discusses the scientific basis for the treatment of early osteoarthritis both non-operatively and operatively.
ISBN: 978-3-030-79485-9 (e-book)
The Neurologic Diagnosis
Jack Alpert, A&S '60
This is an introductory text which simplifies the making of a neurologic diagnosis. Medical students are often intimidated by a deluge of data and extensive differential diagnoses. Diagnostic techniques of general medicine are not applicable. A neuroanatomic diagnosis must precede a differential diagnosis. This text focuses on the history and neurologic examination rather than imaging or lab data in the hope of convincing young doctors to spend time with their patients since the diagnosis is most often obtained by these methods.
ISBN: 9781441967237
Surprised Again!―The COVID Crisis and the New Market Bubble
Howard B. Adler, A&S '72
The book describes the impact of the COVID crisis and the government response to the crisis on the U.S. financial system.
ISBN: 978-1-58988-165-5
Error and Uncertainty in Diagnostic Radiology
Dr. Michael A. Bruno, A&S '82
This book explores the topic of radiologist errors, including their underlying causes and the issue of uncertainty in Radiology. Reviews strategies for reducing errors and preventing patient harm.
ISBN: 978-0190665396
The IBM Covid-19 Compendium: A Practical Approach to Effective Pandemic and Crisis Management
Dr. Vanessa Burrowes, BSPH '19, et al.
In The IBM Covid-19 Compendium, IBM’s Global Medical Team shares their experience and lessons learned from a large multi-national company in protecting and preserving the health, safety, and well-being of employees around the world throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
ISBN: 978-1-883595-98-2
A Body Out of Balance: Understanding and Treating Sjogren's Syndrome
Nancy Carteron MD FACR, Med '82
Comprehensive guide to wide array of symptoms, traditional and complementary treatments, and coping methods, so patients may devise a personal treatment plan. Cowritten by a woman living with the disease and by her physician who has treated countless Sjs/Autoimmune patients.
ISBN: I58333I727
Applications of Modern Physics in Medicine
Milton Cole, A&S '64Mark Strikmna, Kevork Spartalian
Book explains the scientific underpinnings of medical techniques developed since 1900. These include X-rays, ultrasound, MRI, PET scans, and diverse treatment methods, from radiation therapy to LASIK. The fundamental principles are explained in all of these cases, building upon a thorough introduction to physical principles learned since 1900.
ISBN: 0691125864
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Advice to the Healer: On the Art of Caring
Richard Colgan SPH '77
Clinicians-physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, social workers,psychologists, Nurse Practitioners and others- share the unique resonsibility of patient care and the limitless fulfillment this calling can provide. The healing professions have an ancient and venerable tradition of service, honor, and humanism that is often communicated from teachers to student in anecdotes and bits of wisdom told quickly in passing. Gathering together this type of valuable information in one place, Advice to the Healer, Second edition, includes biographies of historical luminaries in medicine, tales from everyday practice, inspirational quotes and artwork, and advice for new and veteran healers alike.
ISBN: 9781461451709
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100,000 Hearts: A Surgeon’s Memoir
Denton Cooley, Med '44
Pioneering surgeon Dr. Denton Cooley astounded the world in 1969 when he implanted a total artificial heart in a human being. In his memoir, he sets the record straight about this and other events and recounts the formative influences that led him to become the world’s most prolific heart surgeon.
ISBN: 0976669773
Climate Change and Disease Dynamics in India
Nitish Dogra, SPH '05
Climate Change and Disease Dynamics in India is a first of it's kind indepth compilation in this specific field with regard to a developing country context. As many as 6 of the 28 authors are Hopkins alumni including two current faculty.
ISBN: 9788179934128Buy now
From Crib to Kindergarten: the Essential Child Safety Guide
Dorothy A. Drago, SPH '95
Unintentional injury is leading cause of death for infants and children. This book walks the reader through the usual daily activities providing guidance on reducing risks to children under age 5.
ISBN: 978-0-8018-8569-3
Living Safely Aging Well. A Guide to Preventing Injuries at Home
Dorothy A. Drago, SPH '95
Preventing injury is key to living a long, healthy life. This book explains injury risks and prevention measures. Topics include falls prevention, medication safety, health literacy, and driver safety.
ISBN: 978-1-4214-1151-4
Getting Them Sober
Toby Rice Drews, A&S '76
This million-seller book has endorsements from "Dear Abby" ("everyone should read this book"); Dr. Norman Vincent Peale ("helps millions of alcoholics"); and Melody Beattie, author of 'Codependent No More' (Melody says: "Getting Them Sober is the best book for the family of the still-drinking alcoholic"). Hundreds of effective suggestions for sobriety and recovery. If the family changes his/her behavior, the alcoholic has an 80% better chance to get sober.
ISBN: 9780961599591
The Best of Herb Fred, MD: His Insights, Observations, and Everyday Reminders
Herbert Fred, Med '54
The quotations in this book are chosen from more than 40 years of Herb Fred's writings. They are clear, to the point, and memorable, conveying his distinctive voice: informed, opinionated, penetrating, and demanding of physicians' intellectual honesty and total focus on patients' welfare.
ISBN: 9781931823883
Elephant Medicine - and More: Musings of a Medical Educator
Herbert Fred, Med '54
ISBN: 0865540780
Images of Memorable Cases: 50 Years at the Bedside
Herbert Fred, Med '54
The images assembled here, some rare, many extraordinary, but every one instructive, are presented non-thematically and as unknowns (the way that patients typically show up in the hospital emergency department, the clinic, or the doctor's office). To find the answer and a pertinent commentary, the reader simply turns the page
ISBN: 9780892630011
Looking Back (and Forth): Reflections of an Old-Fashioned Doctor
Herbert Fred, Med '54
A collection of provocative essays providing philosophical insights into disease, the practice of medicine, the challenge of difficult diagnoses, the joys, frustrations, and rewards of teaching, the pleasurable pain of learning, and the exhilaration of true scholarship.
ISBN: 9780865547726
On Medicine Today: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Herbert Fred, Med '54
Using crisp and powerful prose, the author laments the condition of medicine today: myriad constraints from insurance companies, increasing dishonesty throughout the profession, over-reliance on technology for diagnosis and treatment, atrophy of clinical skills, sagging of professionalism, and impersonal and fragmented delivery of patient care.
ISBN: 9781590951026
Say Aah (Hah)! A Medical Educator Mouths Off
Herbert Fred, Med '54
ISBN: 9780865544000
Eat to Lead
Luci Gabel, Carey '03
With over 20 years of professional and academic experience in her fields, Luci Gabel, MA, MBA shares her secrets to unlocking the power of food to gain a highperformance, leadership edge.
ISBN: 978-1-64921-871-1
Navigating the ICU: A Guide for Patients and Families
Alexander Gottsch, Nursing '17
A patient-focused handbook designed to help patients and their families navigate the complexities of the ICU and to what to expect after the hospital stay.
ISBN: 978-1975191382
Reclaiming Our Health: A Guide to African American Wellness
Michelle Gourdine, Med '88
Reclaiming Our Health reveals the unique cultural and environmental factors that influence African American health by shaping dietary and exercise patterns, attitudes about weight, stress coping mechanisms, and utilization of the health care system. This interactive evidence-based guide with illustrations is a vital resource for every African American on how to live a healthier and more empowered life, and an indispensable handbook for health-care providers, policy makers, and others working to close the health gap among people of color.
ISBN: 0300137052
Pulmonary function Testing and Interpretation
James Hansen, Med '49
For students, physicians, and allied health professionals working with patients anywhere in the world with lung function abnormalities
ISBN: 9789350251058
Waking Up Blind..Lawsuits over Eye Surgery
Tom Harbin, MD, Med '74
Medical true crime barnburner-wrong eye operated; both eyes blinded
ISBN: 9781934938874
The Science of Fitness: Power, Performance, and Endurance
Mark Hom, A&S '84
Greg LeMond
Inspired by what I learned as a JHU biology major and 30 years of medical practice, this book has a mitochondrial theme to explain physical fitness, disease prevention, brain function, nutrition, and the aging process. Greg LeMond is the best case study since he had a superior metabolism to win epic bike races and later was diagnosed with mitochondrial myopathy. Endorsed by the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation.
ISBN: 9780128010235
Spark: The Life of Electricity and the Electricity of Life
Dr. Timothy Jorgensen, SPH '05
Spark explains electricity from a fresh biological perspective. Filled with gripping adventures in scientific exploration, Spark offers an indispensable new look at how electricity affects our bodies.
ISBN: 978-0691197838
Dissecting American Health Care
Douglas Kamerow, SPH '84
The intersection of health care, politics, and policy is a controversial one, and this book of lively essays takes on all of today's hot health topics: alternative medicine, health care reform, screening mammograms, taxes to decrease soda consumption, gun control, and many more.
ISBN: 9789350251058
Aging and Health for the US Elderly
Dr. Harold L. Kennedy, SPH '77
A health literacy primer for ages 60 to 90 is essential reading for older Americans. Topics address one's life cycle, risk factors, ageism, social determinants of disease, and uptodate prevention.
ISBN: 978-0-8262-2243-5
A Scientific Revolution: Ten Men and Women Who Reinvented American Medicine
Will Linder, A&S '72, and Ralph Hruban, Med ’85
Tells the compelling, sometimes heartbreaking, stories of ten men and women who gave body and soul to transform American medicine from a rough-and-ready trade into a scientific profession.
ISBN: 1639361472
Clinical Manual of Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias
Anne Lipton, A&S '88
In Clinical Manual of Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias, practicing psychiatrists and neurologists provide essential input into neuropsychiatric assessment and the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of neuropsychiatric conditions, including Alzheimer disease and traumatic brain injury. The manual provides invaluable information on both evaluation/diagnosis and treatment. Case studies offer real-life clinical experiences by some of the country?s leading experts in the field
ISBN: 9781585624225
Cracking Chests: How Thoracic Surgery got from Rocks to Sticks
Dr. Alex G. Little, Med '74
A lively story of the evolution of chest surgery with vignettes of pioneer surgeons. My experiences illustrate recent times.
ISBN: 979-8-9862833-0-2
mHealth in Practice: Mobile Technology for Health Promotion in the Developing World
Dr. Patricia Mechael, A&S 95
mHealth in Practice engages researchers and practitioners in a facilitated dialogue on mobile-mediated health behavior change in low- and middle-income countries.
ISBN: 978-1-7809-3229-3
Just Enough Physiology
James Munis, A&S '95
Just Enough Physiology takes you on a guided tour of cardiopulmonary physiology. You'll discover how the heart, lungs, and circulation work in extreme environments so that you're better equipped to understand how they function - or malfunction - at the bedside, in the operating room, or in the intensive care unit. You'll also see physiology through the eyes of some of its most colorful pioneers. While their stories are fascinating in their own right, they also reinforce the foundational principles of physiology and reveal how those discoveries were made; sometimes at great risk, and often against stiff resistance. Like the brain teasers that are included at the end of each chapter, Just Enough Physiology emphasizes the logic, and not just the details, behind physiology. Together with the more traditional questions included with every chapter, Just Enough Physiology will equip you for board exams while teaching you to think like a physiologist.
ISBN: 019979779X
Take Back Your Back
Beth Murinson, A&S '83
Take Back Your Back is an informative guide to major problems with the back and some potential solutions that don't necessarily involve medications. The goal is to make a better life possible, even in the aftermath of a significant back pain problem.
ISBN: 1592334067
Patient Safety and Accreditation: A Model for Ensuring Success
Sharon Myers, Nursing '98
his book presents a systems model with emphasis on system design at the leadership level, the microsystem level, and the individual level. Includes interviews with accreditation leaders from Joint Commission, Canada, and Australia.
ISBN: 9780826106391
Spanish and the Medical Interview, 2nd Edition
Pilar Ortega, A&S '02
A Medical Spanish text, guide, and workbook for self or class learning. Online features included.
ISBN: 0323371140
Doc, What Would You Do in My Shoes?: How to Circumnavigate a Cancer Diagnosis
Gemaine Owen, Engr '90
This book is for the cancer patient facing the daunting task of decision-making regarding treatment. It is written by a physician who was a cancer patient too!
ISBN: 979-8-89109-809-1
To Carry Wonder: A Memoir and Guide to Adventures in Pregnancy and Beyond
Emese C. Parker, BSPH '11
A fun new type of pregnancy book, a curated blend of story and art with evidence-based insight. Parker draws from her own personal and clinical experiences, providing practical support via candid memoirs and conversational heart-to-hearts—to nurture, inspire and equip women in pregnancy/motherhood. Doubles as a maternity care textbook.
ISBN: 979-8-9864401-0-1
Radiobiology Textbook
Peter K. Rogan, A&S '79
Open access. Covers all radiobiology subdisciplines, Meets the educational needs of students and experts, Includes recent data analysis, Discusses ethical, legal and social considerations.
ISBN: 9783031188091
The Ageless Generation: How Advances in Biomedicine Will Transform the Global Economy
Alex Zhavoronkov, A&S '07
Productive longevity is expected to become the main source of economic growth in the developed countries. The book provides an overview of the recent biomedical discoveries that may help extend productive lifespan and the possible impact of these discoveries on the US and the global economy.
ISBN: 9781137356550Buy now
Addiction: The High-Low Gap
Irving Cohen, MD, MPH; BSPH '83
Dr. Cohen ...has detailed the variety of intimate experiences of seven people who illustrate the subtleties of addiction... Only an excellent clinician can crystallize a broad and inclusive teaching experience in such a precise and specific manner." Stan Gitlow, M.D., Past President, American Society for Addiction Medicine
ISBN: 0-929173-10-4Buy now
Cooking for the New Hippocratic Diet
Irving Cohen, MD, MPH; BSPH '83
This book is right for you, if you are following the New Hippocratic Diet, if you are trying to lose weight, or trying to prevent or control type 2 diabetes, or if you are preparing meals for anyone who is.
ISBN: 978-0-9820111-7-1Buy now
Dr. Cohens New Hippocratic Diet Guide
Irving Cohen, MD, MPH; BSPH '83
Have you failed to lose weight before? If so, perhaps you did not fail, but your diet failed you! This physiologically sound diet reduces appetite, while the reader learns how to lose weight and avoid the traps of manipulated foods which have become common in the last three decades.
ISBN: 978-0-9820111-9-5Buy now
Diabetes Recovery
Irving Cohen, MD, MPH; BSPH '83
Interested in successfully reversing or preventing Type 2 Diabetes? This book provides effective dietary advice while explaining how commonly believed advice has been manipulated by industry and worsened this epidemic. Those are ready on diabetic medication should work closely with their physician to reduce that medication when beginning this plan.
ISBN: 978-0-9820111-0-2Buy now
Digitizing Diagnosis: Medicine, Minds, and Machines in Twentieth-Century America
Andrew S. Lea, MD, Med '22
A fascinating history of the first attempts to computerize medical diagnosis.
ISBN: 978-1421446813Buy now