Andrew Lam (author)

Andrew Lam, M.D. (born 1976) is an American retinal surgeon and author.[1] He is currently an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Tufts University School of Medicine.[2] Lam is the author of two award-winning books: Saving Sight and Two Sons of China.

Background

Lam was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was raised in Springfield, Illinois. He graduated from Springfield High School in 1994.[3] In 1998, he graduated summa cum laude in history from Yale University,[4] where he studied military and Chinese history and was mentored by Professor Jonathan Spence.

Lam earned his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 2002. He subsequently completed his ophthalmology residency and retina fellowship at the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia. He currently practices with New England Retina Consultants, P.C., in Springfield, Massachusetts and at Baystate Medical Center, the western medical campus of Tufts University School of Medicine.[5]

Books

Saving Sight

Lam’s first book, Saving Sight: An eye surgeon’s look at life behind the mask and the heroes who changed the way we see, was released by Irie Books in May 2013.[2] The book provides a behind-the-scenes look at how eye surgeons perform cataract and LASIK surgery, treat macular degeneration, repair retinal detachments, approach eye trauma, and handle many other sight-threatening diseases.[6] The author blends his experiences performing modern-day surgery with profiles of medical innovators whose inventions shaped the field of ophthalmology, including: Harold Ridley, Charles Kelman, Charles Schepens, Arnall Patz, and Judah Folkman. Louis Braille is also a subject of the book.[7] Saving Sight became an Amazon bestseller and won Honorable Mention awards at the 2013 New England[8][9] and London Book Festivals.[10] It was also a Finalist in the 2014 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.[11]

Two Sons of China

Lam’s first novel, Two Sons of China, was published by Bondfire Books in December 2013.[12] The book is set in China during the Second World War and is based on the history of the Dixie Mission, in which a group of Americans were sent to Yenan in 1944 to evaluate Mao Zedong’s Communist forces.[3] American Foreign Service Officers John S. Service and John Paton Davies, as well as Colonel David D. Barrett, are historical characters in the book.[13] Two Sons of China was a Gold Medal Winner in the 2015 Independent Publisher Book Awards[14] and won Foreword Reviews' 2014 Book of the Year Award (military fiction).[15] It also won the Chinese American Librarians Association's 2014 Best Book Award (fiction)[16] and received Honorable Mention awards at the 2014 New England[17] and London Book Festivals.[18]

In May 2014, Dr. Lam was named one of BusinessWest’s 40 Under 40 in Massachusetts.[19]

References

  1. ↑ "Lam’s latest novel is WWII story of friendship". by Hope E. Tremblay, Longmeadow News, December 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Book Review: Saving Sight". By William Tasman, EyeNet magazine
  3. 1 2 Yosh Golden. "Storyteller with Springfield ties". Illinois Times, 6 March 2014.
  4. ↑ Golden, Yosh. "Storyteller with Springfield ties." Illinois Times, March 6, 2014.
  5. ↑ Kelliher, Judith. “’Saving Sight’ blends memoir with medical history to share ‘amazing stories of discovery’.” Springfield Republican, July 10, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Book Bag: Two Sons of China". GazetteNet.
  7. ↑ “Surgeon's ‘Saving Sight’ Profiles the Great Heroes of Ophthalmology and the Innovations that have Returned Sight to the Blind.” Boston Globe, June 5, 2013.
  8. ↑ 2013 New England Book Festival. (biography/autobiography category)
  9. ↑ 2013 London Book Festival. (biography/autobiography category)
  10. ↑ "Baystate Surgeon’s Saving Sight wins prestigious book awards" The Longmeadow Newsroom on January 6, 2014.
  11. ↑ 2014 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. (memoir and biography/autobiography categories)
  12. ↑ "Volume Businesses – Noted Eye Surgeon Andrew Lam Shows He Has the Write Stuff". By GEORGE O’BRIEN Healthcare News.
  13. ↑ Kelliher, Judith. “Longmeadow Surgeon Pens World War II Novel." Boston Herald, February 23, 2014.
  14. ↑ 2015 Independent Publisher Book Awards
  15. ↑ 2014 Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Award
  16. ↑ 2014 Chinese American Librarians Association Best Book Award
  17. ↑ 2014 New England Book Festival. (general fiction category)
  18. ↑ 2014 London Book Festival. (general fiction category)
  19. ↑ BusinessWest 40 Under 40, 2014

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