Medical mystery

A. Scott Pearson, M.D., associate professor of Surgery, recently published his first novel, “Rupture,” a thriller set at a teaching hospital in Memphis. The title refers to the unfortunate – and criminal – simultaneous failures of implanted medical devices.

“Rupture” is available at local bookstores, including Davis-Kidd
and Borders on West End, in Nashville, Tenn., and at online booksellers, including www.Amazon.com and www.rupturenovel.com.

To read more about Pearson and his writing, see: www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/houseorgan.