Burned Out

This book is gut wrenching description of a doctor struggling to do his best to provide highest quality of care to his patients while struggling to change a system stuck in old ways. The stress takes a toll and affects his and his family wellbeing. This is a lesson to anyone struggling at work balancing work and family. It’s a must read. – Amazon Review

Burned Out

Eric Philson came to the Children’s Hospital of Biloxi with a goal — to build the cardiac intensive care unit from the ground up. The physician faces insurmountable odds: the devastating aftereffects of a hurricane, deprivation of essential staff and resources, and a cardiac surgeon resistant to change.

Dr. Philson will do whatever it takes to help improve the care for children, until the job begins to take a toll on his free time, marriage, and health.

How much is he willing to sacrifice? Working hundred-hour weeks, overcoming the impossible, and facing personal ruin are only the start of what he will face. Does he have the grit and determination to do what’s right, even if it costs him everything?

About the Author

Dean Mafako is a Physician and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics with more than 15 years of clinical and research experience. He is passionate about medicine and helping others. He enjoys writing Fiction and Non-fiction novels about difficult and traumatic life experiences that lead to personal growth and spiritual healing in hopes of helping others who may be struggling with life’s challenges.

Dean’s writing began with professional writing in the field of Medicine. He has dealt with several difficult challenges throughout his career and his life, so he began writing as a means of understanding the lessons which were sometimes hard to see in the moment. As a result he began to see how sharing life’s difficult lessons with others can be therapeutic and he began writing novels in hopes that his stories may be able to help others struggling with life’s challenges.