Expedition and Wilderness Medicine

Bledsoe, Gregory H. (EDT); Manyak, Michael J. (EDT); Townes, David A. (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0521868734 / ISBN 13: 9780521868730

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521868734
• ISBN 13: 9780521868730
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book covers everything a prospective field physician needs to prepare for when beginning a wilderness expedition.

About the Authors

Dr Gregory H. Bledsoe is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the founder and CEO of ExpedMed. After completing medical school and residency at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Dr Bledsoe spent five years on faculty at the Johns Hopkins University, completing a fellowship in international emergency medicine and a master's in public health. He has worked as a field physician and medical consultant all over the world, served as an instructor and medical consultant for the United States Secret Service, and escorted presidents William Clinton and George W. Bush on trips to Africa as a personal physician. Most recently, Dr Bledsoe has worked in Qatar on emergency medicine through a partnership between the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Hamad Medical Corporation.

Dr Michael J. Manyak is Vice President for Medical Affairs for Cytogen Corporation. He is also a professor of Urology, Engineering Microbiology, and Tropical Medicine at The George Washington University and on staff at the Center for Prostate Disease Research at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Dr. Manyak is a medical advisor to several field exploration organizations, was selected as a Fellow National of The Explorers Club in 1992, and received their Sweeney Medal in 2004. His column on Expedition Medicine currently appears in Explorer's Journal.

Dr David A. Townes is an associate professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine and Medical Director of Adventuremed in Seattle, Washington. He received his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts and completed his residency in emergency medicine, a fellowship in international emergency medicine and earned a diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene at the University of London. Dr Townes has worked as an onsite physician and medical consultant in remote and dangerous locations around the world, including Costa Rica and Antarctica.