Popular Book by US Doctor ‘Mastering the Art of Patient Care’

  •   Mon, Aug 25 2025
  •   By Ivan Saldanha-Shet

August 25, 2025

"Mastering the Art of Patient Care," a fresh book that has become popular among medical personnel and discerning readers, by renowned American medical specialist Dr Michelle Kittleson, is a rare bonanza for the skilled medical professional in India as well. This book, published by Springer Publishing in the USA, can be ordered online from Amazon and easily obtained. In times of crises, this book can provide wisdom earned from countless mentors and patients.

Doctors, you may be standing on the precipice of medical training or well into your career, trying to recapture the serious joy of medicine. A love of people and a love of science barely capture the essence of a life in medicine; there is so much more to being a physician than the ability to diagnose and treat diseases. While nothing can fully prepare you for the fear and anxiety that come with inexperience, Mastering the Art of Patient Care eases some of that uncertainty with a system for surviving and thriving in medical school and beyond. Whatever your stage, the goal of this book is to share successes and failures to help you become a physician who takes outstanding care of patients, colleagues, and trainees, and derives great joy from saving lives in all kinds of scenarios.

Author Dr Michelle Kittleson has found a way to celebrate preparation, serious practice, and intellectual curiosity as the cornerstone of professional development; her passion for medicine is evident in every real-world illustration of learning concepts. Insights she gained from mentors, who often came in unexpected forms, speak to her expansive understanding of what it means to be a good physician. From newly minted medical students to established physicians—and all those in between—many will do well to follow the lead shown by Dr Michelle, says a mentor and senior professor of medicine.

In her own words about Mastering the Art of Patient Care (Softcover ISBN 978-3-031-20922-2), she says: “How do you maintain a sense of purpose that is the key ingredient in the serious joy of medicine? In a word: Connection. A sense of purpose is forged through connection: mentors and trusted colleagues support and sustain you through moments of exhaustion and uncertainty.”

She goes on, “To reignite… My patients, mentors, and trusted colleagues have provided the valuable experience that improved the systems and concrete action plans in this book; it walks, it talks and more… As you mentor others, you will foster new connections to generate and reignite the joy of medicine. Likewise, your family at home and your work family will grow for generations and will flourish with care and consideration.”

The Publishers: Springer Publishing is an award-winning publisher of healthcare and behavioral sciences resources, featuring books, apps, journals, and digital products. Proudly educating the healthcare and helping professions for over 70 years. Personally, as a non-medical person, it is inspiring that much of the practical system could apply and benefit all professional expertise dealing with people, wherever it is needed.

The Author: Michelle Kittleson (née Pinto), MD, PhD, Yale University School of Medicine (Alpha Omega Alpha), is Professor of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai, Director of Education in Heart Failure and Transplantation, and Director of Heart Failure Research at the Smidt Heart Institute. She graduated from Harvard College and received her medical degree from Yale University. She completed residency training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a cardiology fellowship at Johns Hopkins, where she also received a PhD in Clinical Investigation. She serves on the Board of Directors for Cedars-Sinai, is Co-Course Director for Smidt Heart Institute Cardiology Grand Rounds, and Co-chair of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Group Peer Review and Credentialing Committee.

Dr Kittleson is actively involved in many medical publications. She has created #kittlesonrules on Twitter, a compendium of tips on how to improve patient care—from optimizing communication with patients and colleagues to enhancing medical education and learning from mistakes. These tips have garnered the strong support of over 30,000 followers. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors.

Her parents, Dr Marguerite Monteiro (daughter of Dr Louis Monteiro, the first Dean of St John’s Medical College, Bangalore, hailing from Goa) and Dr Edward Pinto, who hails from Mangaluru, are both renowned doctors nurtured in the lofty traditions of St John’s, Bangalore. Both carved a niche for themselves in the US medical field, making their Indian origin and upbringing noteworthy. Dr Edward Pinto was born just before Indian Independence in 1947. His siblings too are trailblazers in the US.

Every key medical expert and those preparing for leading roles will do well to get this book as soon as possible. It provides an essential overview of what is not taught in medical school: Mastering the Art of Patient Care offers a means for physicians in the trenches to recapture the joy of medicine.

Happy reading, confident action, and great experience.

 

 
By Ivan Saldanha-Shet
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