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How To Do A Liver Transplant by Kellee Slater (Reviewed by Simone)

5/6/2014

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It is always fascinating to read an autobiography of a person who does something extraordinary. It is even  more so when you can easily relate to the author as they are a similar age and background to yourself. Kellee Slater is not just an ordinary surgeon, she is a liver transplant surgeon - one of a very select group. As a female transplant surgeon she is even more rare. As you might imagine it has been a monumental journey for Kellee involving years and years of study and training (much of it unpaid) and long, long shifts while the rest of the world sleeps.

Probably most extraordinarily Kellee is not one of those doctors from a medical family who dreamed of becoming a surgeon from a young age. Rather it was a last minute decision to apply for medicine a day before her university preferences went in. In fact without the encouragement of a guidance counsellor (who suggested that Kellee's results might allow her to study something  more challenging than the teaching degree she was considering), Kellee's life may have turned out very differently.

Even though Kellee's job is extremely demanding, she writes in a  very down to earth manner and comes across in a humble and unassuming way. She even manages to explain just how a liver transplant is performed without getting too technical. This book was a fascinating insight into a side of medicine I knew very little about.

Although you might imagine a liver transplant surgeon would have little time in her life for anything else, Kellee has a long and happy marriage to her credit as well as four children. (Although I must admit I'm not quite sure just how she has managed to fit that in!)

How to Do A Liver Transplant is a fascinating read which kept my attention easily and taught me many things too.
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john copping
10/12/2014 12:02:14 pm

The tributes Dr Slater makes at the end of her book
Are so genuine and sincere. Her eagerness to learn and listen to senior colleagues and her phenomenal capacity for work obviously attracted other top notch doctors to her. She displays a great generosity to everyone that
Helped and supported her Would love to meet her. Great woman. Great Australian.I

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