
Becoming That Guy
Brian Herman(Author)
Ashwood Publishing
Published on 17. February 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
230 pages
978-1-7641254-8-2 (ISBN)
Description
What's it like to operate on someone's beating heart, while they're still awake?
Brian Herman has spent his forty-year career doing just that - repairing failing hearts through the tiniest of incisions.
Amid dramatic stories of lives saved and lost, Herman also explores his own life path: struggling to find his way as a young man in the Bronx; professional 'success' that brought only burnout and disillusionment; finally, finding happiness and satisfaction as he built up the subspecialty of interventional cardiology in Launceston, Tasmania.
With engaging directness, Herman reflects on what it takes to work in the high-stakes theatre of the cath lab, on the judgement that comes from experience, and on what it's like to become that guy: the one you call when all else has failed.
More details
Language
English
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
380 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7641254-8-2 (9781764125482)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
After a career in private practice in the USA, Brian Herman MD PhD moved to Tasmania, where he was instrumental in bringing a cardiac training program to the north of the state. He became Director of Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology at a major public hospital there and Associate Professor of Cardiology at the University of Tasmania.