True Stories Of A Remarkable Man’s Survival And His Role In The Medical Community

Merla
Zellerbach, author and editor:  “John Kerner was not only a fabulous
doctor, he can write! This book is a fascinating record of some
wonderful—and not so wonderful experiences, as told by a keen and
sensitive participant. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be amazed by Dr.
Kerner’s ability to say so much in so few words—and so well.”

Guy
Wildenstein, President, the American Society of the French Legion of
Honor: “It is with great pleasure that I learned through the office of
the President of the French Republic of your nomination to the rank of
Chevalier in the French Legion of Honor.”

The Honorable Barbara
Boxer, United States Senator: “Dr. Kerner is a physician’s
physician…the history of a gifted scholar, teacher, administrator, and
most important of all, doctor.”

The Honorable Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator: “Your support, advice and help is more important than ever.”

San
Francisco, CA – A Combat Medic Comes Home by John Kerner, M.D.
(iBooks), is John Kerner’s true story of surviving the horrors of World
War II to become one of the leading members of the medical community.
The sequel to his first book Combat Medic, this story tells a personal
account of the early years of woman’s health triumphs following the
Second World War up through the establishment of the Kerner Cancer
Research and Education Fund that focuses on cancer research and patient
care pertaining to women.

Governor Jerry Brown called Dr. Kerner
for suggestions on how to solve the anesthesiologist strike of 1975.
Along with Dr. Traut, Kerner was instrumental in disseminating the Pap
smear throughout the community, which drastically reduced the instances
of cervical cancer among women. Full of insight and real stories John’s
book is a fascinating look into the medical profession that helps shape
national policy decisions.

John A. Kerner, M.D., is a
distinguished leader of the San Francisco medical community and former
chief of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at Mount Zion
Medical Center, and a University of California San Francisco clinical
professor of obstetrics and gynecology. Dr. Kerner was one of seven
American WWII veterans awarded the French Legion of Honor by French
president Nicolas Sarkozy at the home of the US French ambassador in
Washington D.C., November 2007. Dr. Kerner lives in San Francisco,
California.

Available at fine bookstores and all online outlets
A Combat Medic Comes Home
ISBN 978-1-59687-937-9
Combat Medic
ISBN 978-1596-87316-2
by John Kerner, M.D.,
iBooks

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