From Doctor to Defendant

About the Book

In this biographical book, Dr. Rich Cowin shares his true stories of growing up in Chicago and overcoming numerous challenges to become a leading pioneer and practitioner of minimally invasive and laser foot and ankle surgery. He then shares with readers fascinating stories of his uphill battles against traditionalist and elitist doctors who tried to keep him and his revolutionary procedures out of hospitals, health insurance companies trying to avoid paying any benefits for procedures that actually saved them large sums of money, and greedy personal injury lawyers putting money ahead of principal, aided by an out of control tort system and hired gun doctors.

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…sincere attempt to criticize the United States tort system with regard to medical malpractice…

…providing a sharp and informative criticism of the process surrounding malpractice lawsuits, and the tort system as a whole…

Kirkus Discoveries

About the Author

Richard Martin Cowin was born and raised in Chicago’s south side and northern suburbs. After graduating from high school, he attended the University of Illinois and several other colleges. He graduated from The Illinois College of Podiatric Medicine in 1980 with a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM) degree. After becoming a pioneer in the field of minimally invasive and laser foot and ankle surgery techniques, he went on to receive his M.D. (Doctor of Medicine) degree as well as his Rabbinical Semicha of Ordination. If you’ve bought a medically related item from HSN, chances are “Dr. Rich” explained the product benefits to you. He is the author of From Doctor to Defendant, which was also published by Xlibris. In addition to working on various radio and television projects, Dr. Rich speaks professionally to both general and medical audiences regarding healthcare issues. For further information, please log on to www.DrRichCowin.com. He is married with two daughters in college and lives in Orlando, Florida.