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On Call by Anthony Fauci, M.D.

On Call

A Doctor's Journey in Public Service

Anthony Fauci, M.D.

Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · June 18, 2024

#1 New York Times Bestseller The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and whose six-decade career in high-level public service put him in the room with seven presidents “An eventful autobiography [and] a classic American story…Gripping.”—The Washington Post “One of the most consequential and most prominent [careers] in American medicine in the past fifty years.”—Jerome Groopman, The New Yorker Anthony Fauci is arguably the most famous – and most revered – doctor in the world today.

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Who it’s for
A physician’s memoir follows public service through epidemics, patient care, and presidential counsel.
Themes
Public service and leadership, Epidemics and public health, Medicine and politics
Genres
Lives in Medicine, Political Lives, Infectious Diseases

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#1 New York Times Bestseller The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and whose six-decade career in high-level public service put him in the room with seven presidents “An eventful autobiography [and] a classic American story…Gripping.”—The Washington Post “One of the most consequential and most prominent [careers] in American medicine in the past fifty years.”—Jerome Groopman, The New Yorker Anthony Fauci is arguably the most famous – and most revered – doctor in the world today.

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His role guiding America sanely and calmly through Covid (and through the torrents of Trump) earned him the trust of millions during one of the most terrifying periods in modern American history, but this was only the most recent of the global epidemics in which Dr. Fauci played a major role. His crucial role in researching HIV and bringing AIDS into sympathetic public view and his leadership in navigating the Ebola, SARS, West Nile, and anthrax crises, make him truly an American hero. His memoir reaches back to his boyhood in Brooklyn, New York, and carries through decades of caring for critically ill patients, navigating the whirlpools of Washington politics, and behind-the-scenes advising and negotiating with seven presidents on key issues from global AIDS relief to infectious disease preparedness at home. ON CALL will be an inspiration for readers who admire and are grateful to him and for those who want to emulate him in public service. He is the embodiment of “speaking truth to power,” with dignity and results.

Medicine Meets Washington

A physician’s memoir follows public service through epidemics, patient care, and presidential counsel.

Come here for

  • A close view of medicine meeting public policy
  • A career spanning AIDS, Ebola, SARS, and COVID

Expect

  • Patient care alongside Washington’s political currents
  • A six-decade perspective on public health leadership

Where it sits

Lives in Medicine97%
Infectious Diseases54%
Political Lives42%

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Publisher categories

  • Political Lives
  • Lives in Medicine
  • Infectious Diseases
Authors
Anthony Fauci, M.D.
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Published
June 18, 2024
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Public service and leadership · Epidemics and public health · Medicine and politics
Reading lane
Political Lives