“Dr. Goodman is a fabulous guide to the strange world of surgery—where the intensity of combat medicine meets the realities of extensive paperwork. His book is as good as the greatest ER episodes ever, except every account is true.”
—Tom Rollins, founder of The Great Courses and former Chief of Staff and Chief Counsel, US Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
New Book!
In Great Saves and Terrible Losses, Dr. Anthony Goodman, a veteran surgeon, looks back on his decades in medicine, sharing insights into our complex healthcare system and how he has changed, including learning to live with the diagnosis of mild Alzheimer’s disease.
Meet Anthony A. Goodman, MD, FACS
Anthony A. Goodman, MD, FACS, is the author of Great Saves and Terrible Losses: The Journeys of a Surgeon (Pietra Press, 2026).
He earned his bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and his medical degree from Cornell Medical College, and he trained as a surgical intern and resident at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor. He completed his surgical training and served as chief resident at the Harvard Surgical Service of Boston City Hospital, New England Deaconess Hospital, the Lahey Clinic, and Cambridge Hospital.
For twenty years, he worked as a general surgeon in South Florida and served as a clinical associate professor of surgery at the University of Miami School of Medicine. In addition, he served as a surgeon with the US Army Medical Corps during the Vietnam War and on Project HOPE’s hospital ship, SS Hope. He was also a visiting professor of surgery at the Christchurch Clinical School of Medicine in New Zealand.