Salvatore Iaquinta

Salvatore Iaquinta is a part-time author and full time surgeon in the San Francisco Bay Area. After spending years of his life looking for the ultimate joke, he discovered that the joke is life itself. He now lives by the motto "Laughter is the best medicine, but surgery is a close second."

Alright, I can't talk about myself in the third-person.

I love making things. Anything. Whether it is creating a way to reconstruct a disfiguring wound, sewing a dog toy, or designing a puzzle, I am constantly making something. And for this moment in time it is books (yes, more on the way).

My original goal for "The Year They Tried to Kill Me" was to tell people what it takes to become a surgeon. The gritty stories would scare students from becoming surgeons. But somewhere along the way I realized I just wanted to write a story to amuse people; a glimpse behind the scenes that lets them know their stoic doctor is actually human...a fallible human.

Enjoy!