How a Memphis Heart Surgeon Is Saving Babies and Changing Perceptions of America – Taliban Included

As a new political crisis for the United States evolves in Iraq, this is a timely glimpse at the impact of medical diplomacy. “In conflict zones, I enter each operation knowing that each surgery – mostly open-heart – is saving a life while all around us people are dying for mere thought differences. This frequently is my first thought in the morning and last at night.” – Dr. William Novick