Ira Rutkow

Ira Rutkow is a general surgeon and historian of American medicine. He also holds a doctorate of public health from Johns Hopkins University. Among Dr. Rutkow's books are several encyclopedic works on surgical history: Surgery: An Illustrated History , named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year; American Surgery: An Illustrated History ; and a two-volume bibliography, The History of Surgery in the United States, 1775-1900. He is the author of three other books, Seeking the Cure , James A....See more

Ira Rutkow is a general surgeon and historian of American medicine. He also holds a doctorate of public health from Johns Hopkins University. Among Dr. Rutkow's books are several encyclopedic works on surgical history: Surgery: An Illustrated History , named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year; American Surgery: An Illustrated History ; and a two-volume bibliography, The History of Surgery in the United States, 1775-1900. He is the author of three other books, Seeking the Cure , James A. Garfield , and Bleeding Blue and Gray . Dr. Rutkow and his wife divide their time between New York City and a farm in the Hudson Valley. See less