The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly: A Physician's First Year

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Readings from the new book The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly by New York Times best-selling author Matt McCarthy, MD. 

Published in 2015, this 'year in the life' memoir of McCarthy's medical internship in a New York hospital provides a glimpse into how doctors are made. Praised as a "real delight" by USA Today, this book has already received glowing reviews from both critics and readers alike. 

Matt McCarthy is an assistant professor of medicine at Cornell and a staff physician at Weill Cornell Medical Center. His work has appeared in Sports Illustrated, Slate, The New England Journal of Medicine, and Deadspin, where he writes the Medspin column.

Book signing will take place after the event.