Healing the Enemy: The Personal Narrative of an Israeli Surgeon
Authors: Peter Gilbey, Savannah E. Spivey
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2015)

On Being a Doctor3 March 2015Healing the Enemy: The Personal Narrative of an Israeli SurgeonPeter Gilbey, MD and Savannah E. Spivey, BAPeter Gilbey, MDFrom Galilee, Bar-Ilan University, and Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel; and University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.Search for more papers by this author and Savannah E. Spivey, BAFrom Galilee, Bar-Ilan University, and Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel; and University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M14-1848 Audio Reading - “Healing the Enemy: The Personal Narrative of an Israeli Surgeon” Audio. Michael A. LaCombe, MD, Annals Associate Editor, reads "Healing the Enemy: The Personal Narrative of an Israeli Surgeon," by P. Gilbey and S.E. Spivey. Your browser does not support the audio element. Audio player progress bar Step backward in current audio track Play current audio trackPause current audio track Step forward in current audio track Mute current audio trackUnmute current audio track 00:00/ SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail The Syrian patient lying in front of me was near the age of my eldest daughter. He was actually quite a handsome young man, although this was not evident when I first laid eyes on him. Shrapnel had ripped a gaping hole in the right side of his face, and he had a fractured mandible. A bullet had entered the left side of his larynx, shattering his thyroid cartilage and perforating his pharynx, finally exiting the right posterior neck and leaving an oozing crater through which I could easily feel the fragments of what I thought was the transverse process ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Galilee, Bar-Ilan University, and Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel; and University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.Corresponding Author: Peter Gilbey, MD, Ziv Medical Center, Rambam Street, Safed 13100, Israel; e-mail, peter.[email protected]health.gov.il. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement Audio Reading - “Healing the Enemy: The Personal Narrative of an Israeli Surgeon” Audio. Michael A. LaCombe, MD, Annals Associate Editor, reads "Healing the Enemy: The Personal Narrative of an Israeli Surgeon," by P. Gilbey and S.E. Spivey. Your browser does not support the audio element. Audio player progress bar Step backward in current audio track Play current audio trackPause current audio track Step forward in current audio track Mute current audio trackUnmute current audio track 00:00/ FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoCelebrating the ACP Centennial: From the Annals Archive Deborah Cotton Celebrating the ACP Centennial: From the Annals Archive Deborah Cotton Metrics Cited byHumanitarian healthcare: treating Syrian patients in Israeli hospitalsConflict and CareCelebrating the ACP Centennial: From the Annals ArchiveDeborah Cotton, MD, MPH, Deputy Editor 3 March 2015Volume 162, Issue 5Page: 389-390KeywordsForecastingLarynxMedical conditionsOtorhinolaryngologyPharynxRacial and ethnic issuesRiversSurgeonsSurgeryThyroid ePublished: 3 March 2015 Issue Published: 3 March 2015 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2015 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...