“There’s so much incredible, incredible coverage of medical research and scientific breakthroughs,” Goldberg told Jewish Insider in a recent interview. Goldberg’s book also explores how these doctors sought to draw on their own experiences to bring quality medical care to patients from underserved communities.

But Life on the Line: Young Doctors Come of Age in a Pandemic, in stores today, is not just a chronicle of how six doctors adapted and served New Yorkers in a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic. Some New York City medical schools graduated fourth-year students a few months early to allow them to provide much-needed support for hospitals and COVID wards as the city struggled through a catastrophic coronavirus surge last spring.Ī new book from New York Times reporter Emma Goldberg documents these neophyte doctors’ experiences entering the medical field at a time when they were most needed, and most in danger. Anthony Fauci, one of the country’s top infectious disease specialists - can still be spotted in some residents’ yards.Īt the same time that a handful of seasoned doctors were gaining newfound respect and public acknowledgment, a new crop of young doctors entered the field for the first time. When seeking advice on pandemic precautions over the last 15 months, Americans needed only to turn on cable news to find dozens of doctors on primetime. Factor in a global pandemic, and suddenly virologists, public health experts and medical doctors of all stripes have become media sensations. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors held an esteemed position in American society.

Life on the line by emma goldberg