Dr. David Sherer – About the Author

As an anesthesiologist, Dr. Sherer often contemplated the power doctors in that speciality have over their patients. They not only entrust them with their lives by allowing them to put them, in essence, into a medical controlled and reversible coma, but they also place themselves in a vulnerable position when being merely sedated for more minor surgeries. That got Dr. Sherer thinking about the things people reveal when they are under the influence of disinhibiting drugs: the secrets of a cheating spouse, the confessions of an embezzling businessman, the remorse of a person who has shoplifted. These thoughts got Dr. Sherer thinking: what if he could create a new work of fiction, where an anesthesiologist sedates a patient when other staff are temporarily out of the operating room, to garner confidential and normally privileged information and use that to his advantage. That’s exactly what Dr. Sherer has done in his debut novel Into the Ether. And what a delight it is to read it!
After his first book as a medical fiction writer, Dr. Sherer describes the process of writing fiction as opposed to writing nonfiction so much more creative and free. He says: “There is so much more room to allow the imagination and spirit to run wild. It’s not necessarily better than writing nonfiction - just different. And I feel that difference has shone through in the work. It is the capstone to a long-held desire of mine to create something great in the world of fiction. And I was able to use my medical background - an area of work clearly less endowed with the creative process - to accomplish it.” Now considered among critically lauded medical fiction authors, Dr. Sherer has planned a trilogy for the series. Two additional works, Index of Suspicion and Fever Break, are planned for future publication.

Education

BA Emory University, Music
Graduate, Boston University School of Medicine
Anesthesiology Residency, University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital

Bio

Dr. David Sherer is a native of Washington, DC, studied classical piano in college and became a doctor. His first book, Dr. David Sherer’s Hospital Survival Guide, was published in 2003 and helped guide patients through a hospital stay. His second book, The House of Black and White, is a memoir of growing up in the Washington, DC suburbs and deals with race, family strife and the re-discovery, after a thirty-one year separation, of his childhood African-American caretaker, Louise. His next book is his debut novel, Into the Ether, and is being considered for the screen. His books on health and medicine have been critically acclaimed. His work has appeared in print and on radio and television about all of these works. He has released two health related books, Hospital Survival Guide and What Your Doctor Won’t Tell You, both from Humanix, in 2021 and has appeared in print and on television for both. A sequel to his novel is in progress.
His novel and one of his medical books have been nominated for the National Book Award in the categories of fiction and nonfiction for 2021

ABOUT AUTHOR

Dr. David Sherer is an American physician, author, writer, blogger, medical-legal and patient safety expert. Through his work and the writing of his critically acclaimed book Hospital Survival Guide, he has helped thousands of people all over the world navigate the complexities of healthcare and lead healthier lives. His 2021 book What Your Doctor Isn’t Telling You is poised to enhance that sentiment and will be published in the early part of that year.