Walk on Water: The Miracle of Saving Children's Lives

Described by one surgeon as “soul-crushing, diamond-making stress,” surgery on congenital heart defects is arguably the most difficult of all surgical specialties. Drawing back the hospital curtain for a unique and captivating look at the extraordinary skill and dangerous politics of critical surgery in a pediatric heart center, Michael Ruhlman focuses on the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic, where a team of medical specialists—led by idiosyncratic virtuoso Dr. Roger Mee—work on the edge of disaster on a daily basis. Walk on Water offers a rare and dramatic glimpse into a world where the health of innocent children and the hopes of white-knuckled families rest in the hands of all-too-human doctors.

• | Author: Michael Ruhlman
• | Publisher: Penguin Books
• | Publication Date: March 30, 2004
• | Number of Pages: 340 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0142004111
• | ISBN-13: 9780142004111