Praise for Great Joys Great Sorrows By Amazon Top Reviewer

Told in fascinating detail, which strikes just the right balance between technical medical language and easy-to-understand narrative, the book is a compelling look at Dr. Meguid’s early years, when he was training as a surgical resident in Boston.

John J. Kelly: Detroit Free Press

Successful on myriad levels, this eloquently scribed book will entertain and inspire the general reading audience – and should become required reading for medical students, interns, residents, and all surgeons. A medical and philosophical treasure!

Grady Harp MD: Amazon Top 100 Hall of Fame Reviewer 5-Stars

With great humor and a prose style as exacting as a surgeon’s scalpel, Meguid paints portraits of the titans and superheroes who taught, sculpted, and mentored a generation of Boston’s surgeons.

NY Review

With candor and elegance, Great Joys, Great Sorrows invites readers to walk the sterile halls of Harvard’s hospitals and feel the weight of a young immigrant surgeon’s journey. Meguid writes with the precision of a scalpel and the soul of a poet.

Literary Digest

Meguid’s memoir stands as both history and testimony. The brutal 110-hour workweeks of 1970s surgical training come alive in these pages, reminding us of a time when resilience and sacrifice defined the practice of medicine.

Book Bounty

“Great Joys, Great Sorrows” is a fascinating peek behind the curtain of the intricacies of the medical practice, and altogether highlights Dr. Meguid’s compassion, endurance, and intelligence.

Lauren Lee: Writer and Editor