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David Mokotoff went to Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. He did post graduate medical training at the University of California in San Diego. Excited by the growing field of cardiology, he did a fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine and Methodist Hospital, in Houston, Texas, with renowned heart surgeon Michael Debakey. He has been in the private practice of cardiology in St. Petersburg, Florida since 1982, where he formed the Bay Area Heart Center. He is practicing medicine part-time, so he may pursue his other life passion, writing.

Despite his love of medicine, he has always had a passion for writing.

First published article, 1991, “When Did I Become the Bad Guy?” The American Medical News.

Attended the 2006 SEAK 7th Annual Medical Fiction Writing for Physicians Conference in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, December 2006.

Remembering Earl,The Journal of the American Medical Association, October 22/28, 2008, pp. 1853-1854

Dealing with Demanding Dan,” Physician Practice, March 2009, page 35-winner of physician writing contest.

Why I Brought Spirituality to My Medical Practice, Integrative Medicine: A Clinician’s Journal, Oct/Nov 2009, Volume 8, No.5, pp.28-29

Transitioning to retirement,” Medical Economics, November 5, 2010, pp.74-78

Blogs:

“The Perfect B&B: Bewitched or Beguiling?” Diversion On-Line Magazine, October 20, 2008.

“Hidden Italy: Four Secret Towns Worth Discovering” Diversion On-Line Magazine, March 2009

Monthly Consumer Corner for Health News Florida Newsletter, July 2009-2011, current readership 30,000, www.healthnewsflorida.org.

Guest Blogger monthly on http://www.physicianspractice.com/blog

Books:

Fiction: Fallible, Self-Published and available on-line. ISBN: 978-0-557-13127-3, 338 pages. Available here and www.amazon.com

Non-Fiction: The Moose’s Children: A Memoir of Betrayal, Death and Survival, publication fall 2011

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