Dr. Fowler's reading list

Sapiens, by Yuval Harari

Hiroshima, by John Hersey

A Promised Land, by Barack Obama

First Principles, by Thomas Ricks

The River of Doubt, by Candice Millard

Until the End of Time, by Brian Greene

The Mind is Flat, by Nick Chater

Deadliest Enemy, by Mike Osterholm

Disturbing the Universe, by Freeman Dyson

A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter Miller

The Ungodly, by Richard Rhodes

Make Your Bed, by William McRaven

Why Nations Go to War, John Stoessinger

The Hot Zone, by Richard Preston

The Great Influenza, by John Barry

The Making of the Atomic Bomb, by Richard Rhodes

Accidental Presidents, by Jared Cohen

Lincoln’s Last Trial, by Dan Abrams 

Pale Blue Dot, by Carl Sagan 

Ego is the Enemy, by Ryan Holiday

Everybody Lies, by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

On Meditation and Unconscious: A Buddhist Monk and a Neuroscientist in Conversation

In Defense of Being a Doctor, by Colleen McDermott 

Who Are We Caring for in the ICU, by Daniela J. Lamas  

Why Women Leave Medicine, by Amy Paturel 

In Pain: A Bioethicist's Personal Struggle with Opioids, by Travis N. Rieder (Recommended by Dr. Sarah Merritt)

Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic, by Sam Quinones (Recommended by Dr. Sarah Merritt)

Dr. Silen Survival Guide: 

      When the new surgical interns arrived at the Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Department of Surgery, on July 1, 1971, all 10 received a copy of Dr. Silen's "Survival Manual".  This was given to us to allow us to anticipate every possible action that Dr. Silen would take, as he was so predictable but intolerant of mistakes and lack of preparation.  

      The origin of this manual was from about 2 or 3 years before us, when there was an intern (a very bright one) who, if Dr. Silen said "A", he said "B"!  It reached a point that he was to be terminated.

      However, as an alternative, he was placed in the research lab for one year, and, in addition, he was told to come up with a manual such that future house officers would not have the same problems he had!  

                                                    - Dr. Richard Lynn