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A Memoir and a Manifesto"Positive" traces the life of Michael S. Saag, MD, an internationally known expert on the virus that causes AIDS, but the book is more than a memoir: through his story, Dr. Saag also shines a light on the dysfunctional US healthcare system, proposing optimistic yet realistic remedies drawn from his distinguished medical career.Mike Saag began his medical residency in 1981, within days of the Centers for Disease Control s first report of a mysterious gay cancer killing young men. Soon, the young doctor s career was yoked to the epidemic. His life s work became turning the most deadly virus in human history into a chronic, manageable disease.In the lab at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Dr. Saag and colleagues made seminal early discoveries about the elusive virus. And at the AIDS clinic he founded, Dr. Saag met people whose fight against a virtual death sentence touched his heart and inspired him to work even harder. As his career stretched across three decades, Dr. Saag found himself battling another foe, this one almost as pernicious as AIDS itself: a broken healthcare system shaped more by politicians, insurers, and lobbyists than by patients needs."Positive" is Dr. Saag s tribute to the unforgettable patients he has known and an urgent call to create a comprehensive, compassionate, accessible healthcare system in the name of those we can save today."
About the Author: Dr. Michael Saag completed his residency in infectious disease at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. While there, he made seminal discoveries in the genetic evolution of HIV in vivo. During the last six months of his fellowship, Dr. Saag conceived the concept of an HIV outpatient clinic dedicated to the provision of comprehensive patient care in conjunction with research and high-quality clinical trials. The clinic created a dynamic interface between the patients and the investigators.
Since the establishment of the clinic, Dr. Saag has participated in many studies of antiretroviral therapy as well as novel treatments for opportunistic infections. He has published more than 260 articles in peer-reviewed journals and has contributed 50-plus chapters to medical textbooks. He has served on the editorial board of "AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses" and on the board of directors of the American Board of Internal Medicine. Among many other awards, Dr. Saag has received the Myrtle Wreath Award from Hadassah; he was listed as one of the top ten cited HIV researchers by "Science" (1996); he has been listed as one of the Best Doctors in America since 1994; he received the Outstanding Medical Research Achievement Award from the AIDS Task Force of Alabama and an Excellence in Teaching Award from the Medical Association of the State of Alabama; and he was named a Health Care Hero by the "Birmingham Business Journal" (2003).

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  • ISBN-13: 9781626340640
  • Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group
  • Publisher Imprint: Greenleaf Book Group
  • Depth: 38
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 28 mm
  • Weight: 684 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1626340641
  • Publisher Date: 15 Mar 2014
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 354
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: One Doctor's Personal Encounters With Death, Life, and the US Healthcare System
  • Width: 155 mm

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