Transue, Emily R. 1971(?)-

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TRANSUE, Emily R. 1971(?)-

PERSONAL: Born c. 1971, in Toledo, OH. Education: Yale University, B.S., 1992; Dartmouth University, M.D., 1996.

ADDRESSES: Agent—St. Martin's Press, c/o Author Mail, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010.

CAREER: University of Washington, Seattle, chief resident, until 2000; Polyclinic, Seattle, general internist, 2000—.

AWARDS, HONORS: Pharnmacia and Upjohn Achievement Award, 1996, for distinction in internal medicine.

WRITINGS:

On Call: A Doctor's Days and Nights in Residency, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 2004.

SIDELIGHTS: Like all new medical-school graduates, Emily Transue was required to follow her formal education with several years spent working in a hospital as an intern and resident. Here she faced the traumatic experiences of dealing with real patients suffering life-threatening injuries and diseases, inevitably coming upon her first case that ended with the patient's death. "I was faced daily with experiences unlike anything I'd ever had . . . ," she said as quoted by Seattle Post-Intelligencer writer Tatyana Mishel. "I didn't know what to do. There's no forum for these things in medical school." To deal with her emotions, Transue began keeping a journal of her experiences, and this eventually evolved into her first book, On Call: A Doctor's Days and Nights in Residency.

On Call is a frank and honest portrayal of Transue's work and off-duty life that Mishel described as alternatingly "suspenseful, touching, horrific and even funny." Critics have praised the book as a valuable resource for medical students and those considering entering the profession because it provides readers a glimpse of things to come that most students do not anticipate while still in school. "Transue puts a refreshingly human face on the profession," remarked Allyssa Lee in Entertainment Weekly, and a Publishers Weekly reviewer similarly noted that On Call "presents an intriguing picture of a side of medicine many people never see."