LIVING ON PURPOSE

About the Book

Living on Purpose – A Surgeon’s Story describes the origins, the journey and the reflections of a female cardiac surgeon, Dr. Constance Haan. The journey starts from very humble beginnings in rural southeast South Dakota. Dr. Haan shares the long, circuitous journey – with the attendant choices, barriers and successes, and poignant influences along the way. Reflections around this personal travelogue provide a commentary on those internal and external influences on discovery, values and goals, and finding and fulfilling purpose in life.

About the Author

Dr. Haan is a practicing, academic cardiothoracic surgeon in Jacksonville, Florida. She has traveled extensively with non-governmental organization delegations for health and healthcare delivery, medical education and health policy, and for delivery of humanitarian medical care. Her travels have taken her to Kazakhstan, Russia, Sudan, Egypt, Swaziland, and the People’s Republic of China. She has spoken at numerous international conferences on humanitarian healthcare delivery. Moreover, she heads Global Health Systems, LLC—a consulting firm she’s founded to assist in addressing health and healthcare needs and disparities, both in developing regions and those redeveloping after natural or manmade disaster.