Pressing My Luck: A Doctor's Lottery Journey
Dr. Shirley Press is a board certified, pediatric emergency medicine physician, author and lottery winner. Dr. Press has written over 20 published articles & chapters in medical journals and books. In her memoir, Pressing My Luck, Dr. Press shares personal life experiences as well as the challenges and self-discoveries prompted by her Florida lottery windfall. As the former director of the Pediatric Emergency Department at Jackson Memorial Hospital and former Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Dr. Press has 30+ years of experience treating children with acute medical conditions and evaluating victims of child abuse. Despite her lottery windfall, Dr. Press continues to work in the Pediatric Emergency Department and remains a voluntary faculty member of the Miller School of Medicine. She received her BA from Brandeis University and her medical degree from Hahnemann Medical College (now Drexel University College of Medicine) in Philadelphia. To read more about Dr. Shirley Press, go to her website http://www.shirleypress.com.