What people say about the book...
From CNN and TIME magazine correspondent,
Dr.
Sanjay Gupta . . .
This book is for everyone who decides to take charge of their own health and their own destiny. Dr. Creagan is a respected Mayo Clinic oncologist and now a brilliant author. He helps readers make the most important decisions of their lives. You will undoubtedly come to love him and his writing by the end of the book – but more likely, you will learn how to never become his patient.
Sanjay Gupta, MD
Staff Neurosurgeon, Emory University Hospital
Medical Correspondent, CNN
Medical Journalist, TIME magazine
From patient advocates . . .
How Not to Be My Patient is a captivating, practical – and, oh so compassionate – guide for those wishing to leverage the power of personal responsibility and to enhance their quality of life. Dr. Creagan blends personal experience, state-of-the-art knowledge, and a passion for helping others learn to help themselves into a book that belongs on everyone’s “must read” list.
Michael H. Samuelson
Founder, The National Center for Health Promotion
Collaborating Partner, The National Dialogue on Cancer
From Good Morning America’s Veterinary Correspondent . . .
Invest in your health by following these life lessons. Like Cliff’s Notes for a healthier life, How Not to Be My Patient puts the current best thinking of the top medical professionals into one powerful self-help book. Comprehensive enough for a health care professional but understandable by anyone. This book will add years to your life and life to your years.
Marty Becker, DVM
Chief Veterinary Correspondent, Good Morning America
Author, The Healing Power of Pets
Coauthor, Chicken Soup for the Horse Lover’s Soul
From Dr. Creagan’s colleagues . . .
To have knowledge and a plan of how to use that knowledge in terms of your own health is very powerful. This book ties all the resources together.
Robert Dalton, MD
Oncologist
St. Mary’s/Duluth Clinic, Duluth, Minn.
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Meet
Edward T. Creagan, MD
- Medical
training at New York Medical College, internship at the University
of Michigan Hospital and then specialty training at the National
Cancer Institute. He joined the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.,
30+ winters ago. He sees patients as part of his clinical practice
and conducts research in the Department of Oncology. He is a full
Professor in the Mayo Medical School. He directs the Palliative
Care Program and is among only a few doctors to be certified in
the specialties of both oncology and hospice and palliative medicine.
- Appointments include
a year (1999) as President of the M
ayo
Staff. He
is serving on the Board of Directors of the Midwest Division of
the American Cancer Society. He holds endowed chairs at Mayo Clinic.
Notably, he is the American Cancer Society Professor of Clinical
Oncology and the John and Roma Rouse Professor of Humanism in Medicine.
He was named the Mayo Clinic Distinguished Clinician (1992).
- Teaching awards
include the Excellence in Teaching Recognition from the Mayo Medical
School (2000) and a similar award for his work in teaching palliative
medicine to medical students.
- Professional accomplishments include more than 400 scientific papers, in the most prestigious and rigorously peer-reviewed publications.
In front of an audience (even an audience of one), Dr. Creagan is astounding. When you meet Dr. Creagan in person, you know why he is so revered among his colleagues, held in high esteem by medical students, and endears himself to any group he addresses - and he has made over 400 presentations throughout the world.
Dr. Creagan always gets the highest praise from audiences everywhere because he speaks frankly person-to-person about health issues. Whether he's addressing cancer and survivorship with patient groups and their families or physician burnout to his colleagues, Ed Creagan reads his audiences and speaks to groups as if he is speaking to each individual. He touches people at the bedside and from the podium. He delivers his message of health and prevention, patient empowerment and the healing power of attitude in cancer treatment.
He possesses the unique gift of being able to explain the complexities of prevention, diagnosis and treatment to the people who need to understand it best - over 55,000 patients during his years of practice. His columns on health, wellness and the mind-body connection in the Minneapolis Tribune and Cedar Rapids Gazette are widely acclaimed.
Dr. Creagan is the associate medical editor of Mayo Clinic's online Web site for consumer health management, and is the featured expert in articles from prevention and wellness to the mind-body connection and aging. He is editor of the book: Mayo Clinic on Healthy Aging. Dr. Creagan serves on the editorial board of the Mayo Clinic Health Management Resources Division, which offers risk assessment, wellness, self-care and lifestyle behavior change products and services from the Mayo Clinic to major US employers. Companies throughout the US use these resources to help improve employee health and productivity. He is the founder and chair of Mayo Medical School courses on the art and science of professional presentation and on death and dying.
Behind the scenes, Dr. Creagan raised three now-grown sons, is a marathoner and avid golfer with a hole in one.
Contact the author about speaking to patient and professional groups.