Little Hearts, Lifelong Impact

Dr. Jonas has authored and edited several of the most widely used textbooks in congenital cardiac surgery. But as he heard from surgeons around the world, even a “comprehensive” textbook leaves out the questions that matter most: how to build a career, how to protect a family, and how to keep your bearings in a field that deals every day with life and death.

This memoir sets out to answer them — written for surgeons and aspiring surgeons, for the families of children with congenital heart disease, and for anyone drawn to the story of how a specialty came of age.