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The Foundation for Advances in Medicine and Science Inc. (FAMS) was established as a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation in 1983. It is comprised of two membership sections — the Section on Science and the Section on Medicine. Membership information for both sections is available on this site.
FAMS publishes books and monographs. Current book titles include J. Willis Hurst: His Life and Teachings, and Profiles in Cardiology, a comprehensive compilation of biographies in cardiovascular medicine.
Available now is J. Willis Hurst: His Life and Teachings,
by Mark E. Silverman, MD, MACP, FRCP and Bruce Fye, MD, MACC, FACP.
A hard cover book, approximately 250 pages, color illustrations —
includes a one-hour DVD of a personal interview with Dr. Hurst.
“I received my copy of ‘J. Willis Hurst’ last week, and my expectations were exceeded. A real treat!”
Carson Todd., DO, FACC, FCCP
VA Hospital, Muskogee, OK (ret.)
“Your book on Willis was fantastic! I stayed up to read it the night you had your book signing. History doesn’t make many like him. Thanks for writing such an eloquent tribute”.
Allen L. Dollar, MD, FACP, FACC
Assistant Professor of Medicine Cardiology
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Who better to co-edit this book on master cardiologist J. Willis Hurst, than Mark Silverman, M.D. (who trained under Dr. Hurst) and noted medical historian W. Bruce Fye, M.D.
The book is in five chapters. The first is a concise biographical piece previously published in Clinical Cardiology. Chapter 2 reflects selected essays by Dr. Hurst, carefully chosen from his prolific articles and books and focusing on medical education. The third chapter contains a selection of his numerous aphorisms. Chapter 4 deals with Dr. Hurst’s response to 17 questions the co-authors pose to him on a wide range of topics ranging from women in medicine to healthcare concerns for the future. The last chapter is a series of essays about Dr. Hurst, taken mainly from the special edition of the Journal of the Medical Association of Georgia (JMAG) devoted to his career.
Those who have read most of Dr. Hurst’s books and articles will be happy to see the essence of the man summarized in this 206-page work.
The photos are excellent, with many in color. The accompanying DVD (an interview of Hurst by Dr. Silverman) is an added bonus.
To me, Dr. Hurst comes closest in modern times to how it must have been to train under Sir William Osler. Hurst has matched his beloved mentor, Paul Dudley White, M.D., in accomplishments (except for his picture on a stamp, which might come later.)
I commend the co-authors for their fine job of collating a wealth of information into a very readable package, one that will especially appeal to an academic cardiologist, but also has multiple tidbits that will help any physician become a better practitioner. I close with one of my favorite reflections by Dr. Hurst:
“Over my long career, it has been a great privilege to care for thousands of patients; the prominent and the unknown, the rich and the poor, the powerful and the vulnerable, and the clean and the dirty. I have learned from each of them and I am grateful.”
A picture of Dr. Hurst looks down upon me and the patients I see in my examining room, reminding me to follow his dictums, as best I can.
John D. Cantwell, MD
Piedmont Hospital
Atlanta, GA
Profiles in Cardiology
A hard cover book, 528 pp., illustrated. 216 Profiles.
$69.50 plus shipping
Edited by J. Willis Hurst, M.D.; C. Richard Conti, M.D.; and W. Bruce Fye, M.D.