July 29, 2026
Thank you to everyone who attended our booksigning at Chaucer's Books. It was a great evening and lots of fun. You can see the entire event here.
July 13, 2026
Dr. Anthony Goodman was a guest on “Positive Living” with host Patricia Raskin. You can listen to the full episode here.
July 2, 2026
Dr. Anthony Goodman was a guest on “Cyrus Webb Presents" with host Dr. Cyrus Webb. You can watch the interview here.
June 22, 2026
Dr. Anthony Goodman and Maribeth Goodman were guests on the podcast Let’s Talk About Love: Stories from Everywhere. You can listen to the full episode, "Great Saves, Terrible Losses: A Surgeon’s Journey Through Medicine, Memory, and Meaning," here.
June 16, 2026
Dr. Anthony Goodman and Maribeth Goodman were guests on the Uncomfy: Sticking with Moments That Challenge Us podcast with host Julie Rose. You can listen to the full conversation here: "You're Not You Anymore": Facing Alzheimer's Head-On.
June 14, 2026
Dr. Anthony Goodman and Maribeth Goodman were guests on M.E.S.H. with Dr Pamela Brewer. You can watch the full conversation here: Dementia vs. Forgetfulness: What's the Real Difference?
June 12, 2026
"A scintillating insight into the life of a surgeon practicing from the 1960s to the 1990s
"From the time Tony Goodman found and dissected a dead bird at eleven years old, his future was all but set. The only career he could see himself pursuing was that of a doctor. Little did he know the trajectory that early decision would set his life on. From sweet-talking his way into Cornell Medical College, to his first elective at a Navajo Nation Reservation, through to the AIDS crisis and beyond, Dr. Goodman’s life has an abundance of fascinating stories.
"Great Saves and Terrible Losses is a historical medical memoir that spans Dr Goodman’s early life, his years of study, his later career as a surgeon, and his life afterwards teaching surgical anatomy and retirement. It’s a memoir that spans a fascinating life in a much more technologically difficult time. Most of the memoir takes place from the 1960s through to the 1990s while Dr. Goodman was a practicing surgeon, but we also get the journey of how he decided to take on that career and his life afterward.
"As the title suggests, there is a plethora of great and sometimes grotesque stories buried in these pages. Some end perfectly, others tragically. Some of Dr. Goodman’s memories are funny. Some, especially the ones where he’s still learning, are embarrassing. Several are unbelievable. The parts that stand out to me most, though, are the bits in between that tell of a vastly different time. The story of how his daughter held the hand of one of his patients while he operated on her. How he rushed into the hospital in a T-shirt and shorts to save a toddler, despite not being a pediatric surgeon. The lack of protection during the AIDS crisis and the prohibitive problems with insurance.
"While the patients, injuries, and historical facets of this memoir are all riveting, there is a lot more to Great Saves. The way Dr. Goodman sees the world and his place in it drives the narrative. He’s aware from the outset that seeing so much horror on a daily basis made him and his colleagues more callous toward everything, including their patients. He’s open about the fact that he has lost something vital to this life that he loves. This honesty is something he carries through with him; always telling his patients where they stand, stepping in when he sees accidents happen in his personal life, despite the threat of lawsuits, and later his frankness in confronting his own health issues.
"Great Saves and Terrible Losses is a phenomenal addition to the medical memoir genre. Dr. Goodman is an excellent narrator with loads of stories, and the historical component adds layers of interest. It’s clear that, while operating, he lived and breathed this career. Fans of When Breath Becomes Air or This is Going to Hurt will definitely enjoy this one."
—Reviewed by Joelene Pynnonen, Independent Book Review
May 2026
"Anthony A. Goodman dreamed of becoming a surgeon. What he didn't envision was the daily realities of life-and-death decision-making and its impact - nor the worldwide travels he would embark upon in the course of his career. Plenty of memoirs discuss the rigors of medical training and life in the operating room. Few embrace the situations that test a surgeon's abilities in novel ways or contrast the atmosphere of a big-city hospital with a smaller institution. . . .
"After exploring the ups, downs, revelations, and challenges of becoming and being a surgeon, Dr. Goodman reveals his own unexpected health challenges, which emerge later in the story. By then, readers have a foundation of his professional life and perspective about the medical system with, which then foray into its applications on a more personal level.
"Readers looking for a medical memoir packed with ironic situations, humor, thought-provoking moments that hover between life and death, and choices and consequences that buffet the good doctor with a combination of adventure and professional concerns will find 'Great Saves And Terrible Losses: The Journeys of a Surgeon revealing. It's an honest, hard-hitting, thought-provoking survey of what it means to problem-solve and tackle life on a whole new level.
"Filled with moments of discovery, irony, challenge, and a number of extraordinary medical dilemmas, 'Great Saves And Terrible Losses: The Journeys of a Surgeon' wields its scalpel on life and the types of choices a doctor must incorporate into his overall approach to living and dying.
"Librarians seeking a medical memoir replete with not only personal experiences but insider insights on how the medical profession has changed over the years will want to make 'Great Saves And Terrible Losses: The Journeys of a Surgeon' a top recommendation to anyone entering the medical profession with questions about its possibilities. Its survey of the medical world from 1967 to 1993 offers a powerful look at a past world when surgeons had to solve problems not with the aid of advanced technology, but by their own knowledge and wits.
—D. Donovan, Sr. Reviewer, Midwest Book Review