Leonard Shlain was a best-selling author and San Francisco surgeon.
His talent for communicating to the rest of us what he had discovered was a rare giftShlain died in May 2009 at the age of 71 after a battle with brain cancer..
His ability to synthesize not only information but also genuine wisdom across multiple and disparate disciplines was extraordinary.
An early pioneer of gallbladder and hernia laparoscopic surgery in 1990, he was flown around the world to train doctors in the new techniques, patented several surgical instruments and specialized in gallbladder and hernia operations.
Al Gore said: Leonard Shlain was a personal inspiration to me and so many others.
In 1973, he volunteered and served as a trauma surgeon in Israel during the Yom Kippur War.
Shlain began his surgical residency at Bellevue Hospital in New York and then completed it at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco where he set up his general surgical practice in 1969.
Shlain was a surgeon for 38 years at California Pacific Medical Center where he headed the Laparoscopic Surgery Department and an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCSF.
The Goddess with inspiring her in her single Wanderlust and the album Volta.
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His fans include Al Gore, Norman Lear and singer Bjork who credited Shlain \'s Alphabet vs.
He delivered multimedia presentations based upon his books in venues around the world including Harvard, The New York Museum of Modern Art, CERN, Los Alamos, The Florence Academy of Art and the European Council of Ministers.
The Goddess and Sex, Time, and Power.
Admired among artists, scientists, philosophers, anthropologists and educators, Shlain authored three best-selling books: Art & Physics, Alphabet vs.
Leonard Shlain was a best-selling author and San Francisco surgeon
