LibGuides: Whole Person & Leisure Reading Collection in Kirksville: Autobiography

Autobiography

Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon by Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD
Call Number: RD592.9.Q65 Q56 2023

ISBN: 9798887700175

Publication Date: 2023

This autobiography follows the journey of Alfredo Hinojosa starting out as an undocumented migrant worker in California to an internationally renowned neurosurgeon.
How to Be Human: An Autistic Man's Guide to Life by Jory Fleming with Lyric Winik
Call Number: RC553.A88 F54 2021

ISBN: 9781501180507

Publication Date: 2021

While Fleming explores conversations with Winik, the two are able to make a case for logical empathy towards individuals with autism.
Pulse of Perseverance: Three Black Doctors on Their Journeys to Success by Joseph Semien Jr., MD, Maxime Madhere, MD, & Pierre Johnson, MD
Call Number: R695 .P85 2017

ISBN: 9780999279700

Publication Date: 2017

These authors share their stories of growing up in different states and all coming together as PreMed students at Xavier University.
Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine by Louis W. Sullivan, MD
Call Number: R695.S85 2016

ISBN: 9780820346632

Publication Date: 2016

Louis W. Sullivan shares his life, starting from his childhood in Jim Crow south Georgia into his trainings for becoming a physician.
Autobiographies of a Black Couple of the Greatest Generation by Norma L. Anderson & William G. Anderson, D.O.
Call Number: F294.A32 A53 2004

Publication Date: 2004

Norma and William Anderson were strong influences during the Civil Rights Movement, and these autobiographies highlight their struggles, motivations, and goals for success.
Blood Lines: Fatherhood, Faith and Love in the Time of Stem Cells by Paul C. McLean
Call Number: RD123.5 .M34 2013

ISBN: 9781938517235

Publication Date: 2013

The father of a terminally-ill daughter is forced to confront his faith, and trust in the progress of medical science.