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
“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
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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