Description: The pioneering oncologist in West Texas reflects on a life of service to his patients.
Brief description:
Fazlur Rahman was
born and brought up in what is now Bangladesh. After his medical education in
Dhaka, New York, and Houston, he practiced cancer medicine for thirty-five years
in San Angelo, Texas. He is an adjunct professor of biology (medical humanities
and ethics) at Angelo State University, a senior trustee of Austin College in
Sherman, Texas, and an advisory council member of the Charles E. Cheever
Jr. Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics at the University of Texas Health
Science Center in San Antonio.
His writings on medical, ethical,
social, and scientific issues have appeared in many national and international
publications, including the New York
Times, Wall Street Journal, Guardian Weekly, International Herald Tribune, Haaretz, Indian
Express, Christian Science Monitor, Newsweek, Harvard
Review, Short Story International, Dallas
Morning News, Houston Chronicle, Oncologist, and Lancet. His cultural and medical memoir, The Temple Road:
A Doctor's Journey, published in India in 2016, tells about his upbringing
and training years, his move to a new country, and his life and practice in
West Texas. He and his wife, Jahanara (Ara), have lived there for most of their
lives and have raised four children. They love walking in nature and going on
wildflower adventures.
Review Quotes: "Cancer touches
countless lives worldwide. As a cancer researcher, I applaud Dr. Rahman's
effort to make cancer biology accessible to everyone in Our
Connected Lives. As a physician, I appreciate how his
thoughtful stories illuminate the practice of cancer medicine--not just by
revealing the struggles patients and doctors face, but also by highlighting the
importance of treating patients as people rather than cases. The lessons in
this book are instructive for us all: cancer patients and their loved ones,
general readers as well as the members of the medical profession." --Hagop M.
Kantarjian, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Leukemia; Samsung
Distinguished University Chair in Cancer Medicine; MD Anderson Cancer Center,
University of Texas