Location: United States
Member Since:
Oct. 31, 2022
Alex Little, MD
Biography
Dr. Alex Little has spent his career as an academic general thoracic surgeon. He graduated from Johns Hopkins Medical School and trained in surgery both at Hopkins and the University of Chicago. Subsequently, he was a faculty member in Chicago before acting as chair of the Departments of Surgery for the Universities of Nevada and Wright State (Ohio). Dr. Little also served as President of the American College of Chest Physicians.
His career overlaps with a time of rapid growth for general thoracic surgery—surgery for the lungs, esophagus, and other chest organs. He has worked with and knew many of the surgeons instrumental in the development of the specialty. As a lifetime teacher of students and residents and practitioner of thoracic surgery, he has the perspective and experience to tell the story of the origins and
development of this specialty.
In retirement, he lives in Tucson with his wife, who dazzles him every day.
His career overlaps with a time of rapid growth for general thoracic surgery—surgery for the lungs, esophagus, and other chest organs. He has worked with and knew many of the surgeons instrumental in the development of the specialty. As a lifetime teacher of students and residents and practitioner of thoracic surgery, he has the perspective and experience to tell the story of the origins and
development of this specialty.
In retirement, he lives in Tucson with his wife, who dazzles him every day.
Where to buy in print
Books
Cracking Chests: How Thoracic Surgery Got from Rocks to Sticks
by Alex Little, MD
Price:
$9.99 USD.
Words: 74,820.
Language:
English.
Published: November 3, 2022
by
SDP Publishing.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Biography » Physicians & medical professionals
Cracking Chests is a tale of the origins and development of chest surgery—its inner workings, told by a prominent chest surgeon. Interspersed with humorous self-reflection are insights into the field’s pioneers both in and out of the operating room, told with zestful detail about the challenges posed by their times, cultures, and the typically rudimentary state of medical science.