Andrew G. Kadar, MD

… is a physician at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, a Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology, and a Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. He graduated from the Yale University School of Medicine and completed residency at both Stanford and Harvard Universities (Massachusetts General Hospital). He has served on the faculties of the UCLA School of Medicine, Charles Drew University, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Kadar studied in the UCLA Writers’ Program and the Antioch University MFA writing program.

Also a published author, Dr. Kadar has studied in the UCLA Writers’ Program and the Antioch University MFA writing program. His published work includes articles printed in such major periodicals as The Atlantic, The Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Orange County Register, and for such peer-reviewed medical journals as Pediatrics and Anesthesia & Analgesia. He served as an associate editor of the California Society of Anesthesiologists Bulletin. He also wrote and published a book of advice and information for freshmen students, The No-Bull Guide to Acing College Life.

Dr. Kadar has been interviewed on television (including on Good Morning America and NBC Nightly News) and radio (including the Larry Mantle show and the Dennis Prager show).

Endorsements

“Getting Better recounts, the waves of emotion experienced by the robust, athletic, and wonderfully articulate anesthesiologist Dr. Andrew Kadar. From his denial of symptoms through bypass surgery, complications, and complete recovery, this book is profoundly educational while telling a compelling, uplifting story of triumph over adversity.”

—James Forrester, MD, Cardiologist

“Getting Better delivers a compelling, reader-friendly account of the physical and emotional challenges of open-heart surgery and its sequel—made even more poignant because it comes from the perspective of a previously healthy physician who suddenly becomes the patient of his long-time colleagues. This first-hand narrative can help prepare a patient and their loved ones for heart surgery and also help them understand and adjust to the issues and fears they may face along the way.”

—Lee Goldman, MD, Professor of Medicine and Dean Emeritus,
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University