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    BERNARD G SARNAT
    20th Century Plastic Surgeon and Biological Scientist

    by Pete E Lestrel (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)

    Table of Contents (51k)
    Preface (48k)
    Chapter 1: Background (41k)

    This is a biography of Bernard G Sarnat, SB, MD, MS, DDS, FACS, a remarkable man who lived for most of the 20th century. Born in 1912 in the USA, he was the son of immigrant parents from Belarus, a former republic of the USSR. He received his MD degree from the University of Chicago, and his MS and DDS degrees from the University of Illinois. Dr Sarnat was a practitioner in the formative years of modern plastic surgery as well as an internationally known biological researcher in the area of craniofacial biology. He was one of the first bone researchers to apply the stain alizarin red S to document the pattern of dental and bone growth, and has published over 220 research papers dealing with bone and teeth biology.

    Bernard G Sarnat: 20th Century Plastic Surgeon and Biological Scientist is the story of not only a successful physician-scientist, but also a warm and caring individual who is dedicated to his family, as revealed by the many personal details in this biography. Thus, this biography is intended not just for researchers in the biology of bone and teeth, but also for medical and dental students as well the general reader interested in science and medicine.

     
    Contents:
    • Background
    • Tsarist Russia
    • The Pale of Settlement
    • Napoleonic Wars
    • Initiation of Pogroms
    • Jewish Emigration
    • The Bolshevik Revolution
    • Immigration to the United States
    • A New Century
    • Roots in Belarus
    • Emigration to Chicago
    • Retail Store to Drugstores
    • Elementary Lessons
    • Growing Up in Chicago
    • Boy Scouts and on to High School
    • University Undergraduate Years (1929–1933)
    • On to Medical School and Beyond (1933–1937)
    • University of Illinois (1937–1940)
    • Marriage to Rhoda E Gerard
    • Training in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (1940–1946)
    • Life in St Louis and Chicago
    • Practice of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Chicago (1946–1956)
    • Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Plastic Surgery (1946–1956)
    • The Move to California (1955)
    • Personal Life in Beverly Hills
    • Foreign Travel
    • A Close Brush with Death
    • Private Practice in Beverly Hills (1956–1991)
    • Academia and Research (1956–Present)
    • A Day in the Life of a Plastic Surgeon
    • A Day in the Life of a Biological Scientist
    • A Career as Plastic Surgeon and Researcher
    • Chapter Notes
    • Chronology
    • Conferred Honors
     
    Readership: Researchers in biology of bone and teeth; students in biology, dentistry, medicine; general readers with an interest in science and medicine.
     
    “The story of the Sarnat and Gerard families is the story of America. Almost immediately, these two bands of immigrants — in a strange land, but armed with brains and character — became huge contributors to the well-being of their adopted country. This book lets you walk their path, as Bernie Sarnat rises to the top of his profession. Bernie has not only helped thousands of patients to regain a positive self-image and to function better in society, but he has also taught countless students how to be better doctors, thereby multiplying the benefits to society that flow from his talents.”
    Warren Buffett

     
    “Dr Bernard Sarnat (Bernie) has sparkled all his life, bringing a glow of living to everyone he has touched. As a surgeon-scientist grounded in medicine, dentistry, general surgery and plastic surgery, Bernie has been an outstanding faculty teacher in medical schools and dental schools in Chicago, St Louis and Los Angeles. During his career, Dr Sarnat has been recognized as a caring, skillful and compassionate plastic surgeon. He has been well described as the ‘Dean of Plastic Surgery’ by his Los Angeles colleague, Harvey Zarem, MD, formerly Chairman of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the UCLA School of Medicine. It has been a privilege for me to share my surgical life with Bernie for over half a century.”
    Joseph E Murray, MD, FACS
    Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 1990
     
    “As a student, I can vividly recollect my study of Bernie's classical textbook, The Temporomandibular Joint, in 1956 that lit my curiosity for craniofacial biology. To have been appointed as a distinguished Bernard G Sarnat Lecturer in Craniofacial Bone Biology 50 years later was an unimaginable honor that exalted my esteem of his accomplishments. He has distinguished himself by his unbounded curiosity, unparalleled scholarship, inspirational leadership, modesty and humanity. Bernie's achievements and published works, honored by numerous awards and appointments, are broad and will be lastingly influential. He is a scholar's scholar. His combination of knowledge, vision and generosity is epitomized in this biography.”
    Geoffrey H Sperber
    BSc Hons, BDS, MS, PhD, FICD, Dr Med Dent (hc)
     
    360pp    Pub. date: Aug 2008  
    ISBN:   978-981-281-317-6
    981-281-317-9
       US$61 / £51

     


    360pp    Pub. date: Aug 2008  
    ISBN:   978-981-281-318-3(ebook)
    981-281-318-7(ebook)
       US$80 / £64

     


     

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