Isolation Ward
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I walked to the guardrail. Then I pulled back my arm and let that thing sail.
To the Spanogles, Waltemyers, Buffingtons, and Ureys
Acknowledgments
Many thanks to:
All those who read this book in its embryonic form, including Elisha Cooper, Austin Bunn, William Clifford, Alberto Molina, Michael Lee, and AJ Nadelson. For a guy who spends a lot of time in the hospital and in the lab, I’ve been blessed with a collection of highly lettered friends. I’d especially like to thank Jennifer Sim, who sacrificed countless hours and untold brainpower at the altar of Isolation Ward, and John L’Heureux, whose status as a teacher, writer, editor, and mentor is unparalleled.
My professors and colleagues at Stanford Medical School and elsewhere. Thanks particularly to Dr. Julie Parsonnet for her expertise in infectious disease and epidemiology. For their input about other things medical, I’m grateful to Dr. Art Reingold, Dr. Stephen Ruoss, Dr. Robert Chase, Dr. Sara Cody, and Martha McKee.
Alice Martell of the Martell Agency, who has been stunning through this whole process. I cannot imagine a more talented reader and advocate. I count the day I met Alice as one of the luckiest in my career.
Kate Miciak at Bantam Dell, editor extraordinaire. I—and all the characters in this book—are deeply indebted to Kate. Working with her has been like taking a master class with, well, the master. I’ve learned a tremendous amount through her, and still hold out hope that the bill for tuition will be negotiable.
Stanford Medical School, specifically the Stanford Medical Scholars Arts & Humanities Program and the donors who sustain it. Stanford’s support of its students’ endeavors, be they artistic or clinical or scientific, is without equal among medical schools. I am truly fortunate to be a student there.
Finally, my family, whose collective bookshelves groaned under the weight of so many pages. In an environment filled with such love of words and stories, how could I not grow up to write?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
JOSHUA SPANOGLE is currently a student at Stanford University School of Medicine. A graduate of Yale University, he has also served as a researcher at the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Bioethics. He is at work on his second medical thriller.
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