Goodman - Magnificent magnesium: your essential key to a healthy heart and more

I am deeply appreciative of those who have nurtured, guided, mentored, and supported me throughout my life. Without these wonderful people, this book would not be possible.

I would like to thank my parents, Joe and Muriel Goodman, for inspiring me to always be kind and caring, to be my best self, and for ensuring that I received the very finest education in South Africawhich culminated in the conferment of my medical degree from one of the best universities in the world, the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Many thanks go to my teachers and mentors in high school and medical school. There is a long list of people to whom I am grateful, but I especially want to acknowledge Norman Sandler, Elliot Wolf, Eddie Tannenbaum, Doc Thomas, and Professors Stuart Saunders, Lionel Opie, Leo Schamroth, Cecil Craig, and Jannie Louw. I was privileged to do my internship at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, where the first heart transplant was performed by Christian Barnard in 1967. During those years at medical school and internship, away from my hometown of Johannesburg, four wonderful families took me in as one of their own; for this, I thank Dr. Louis and Joan Abramowitz, Harry and Myra Mark, Harry and Pauline Stein, Dov and Bernice Borok, and all their children.

I would like to thank Dr. Philip Troen and Dr. Sheldon Adler of Montefiore Hospital in Pittsburgh, for giving me the opportunity to do my internal medicine residency in the United States and subsequently become a citizen of this great country.

Thanks also to Dr. Robert Roberts, chief of the cardiology department at Baylor College of Medicine, which is associated with Dr. Michael Debakeys cardiac surgery program in Houston, Texas. At Baylor, I received the very best cardiology training. Special thanks to my mentors, Drs. Al Raizner, John Lewis, Jim Young, Craig Pratt, Mario Verani, Phil Henry, Miguel Quinones, William Zoghbi, and the Chapman group.

I would like to thank all my colleagues and friends at Scripps Memorial Hospital and Scripps ClinicDrs. John Backman, Isaac Bakst, Neil and Ruth Berkowitz, Joel Bernstein, Mark Boiskin, Barry Broomberg, Maurice Buchbinder, Stephen Capon, Martin Charlat, David Dockweiler, Dan Einhorn, Shaun Evans, Ray and Rhona Fink, Carl Fricks, Martin Griglak, Fred Hanson, Wayne Hooper, Paul Hyde, Len Jurkowski, Elizabeth Kaback, Norman Kane, Jurgen Lenz, John Lischke, Mike Mahdavi, Scott McCaul, Lou Katzman, Marc Kramer, Barnie Meltzer, Chris Mende, Frank Meyer, Howard Miller, Ernie Pund, Simon Ritchken, Don Ritt, David Roseman, Mark Sedwitz, Lorna Swartz, Paul Tierstein, Doug Triffon, Sabina Wallach, Pat Wolcott, and the great cardiac surgeons Scott Brewster, Don Buehler, Sasha Giritsky, Richard Stahl, Demetrio Vasquez, and so many others. I particularly want to thank Dr. John Carson, an exceptional human being who exemplifies the values, virtues, and teachings of Sir William Osler.

A special thanks to Gary Fybel, the administrator of Scripps Memorial, and to Susan Taylor, for their enduring friendship and support. Thank you to Irma Flores and Suzi Bustamante for all their help during my tenure as Chief of Cardiology at Scripps Memorial. And many thanks to my incredible office manager, Debbie Heggins, and nurse practitioner, Robin Whitman, who worked with me for over twenty years.

Thanks to Mimi Guarnieri and Rauni King, who put me on the path to becoming a truly integrative physician. I learned so much from them and their great team at the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine.

My thanks also go to Drs. Glenn Fishman and Norma Keller, who gave me the opportunity to work and teach as a cardiologist at one of the great medical institutions of the world, New York University Langone Medical Center. Thanks to the great staff and my wonderful partners at New York Medical Associates, Drs. Mark Lipton, Stanley Schrem, and Jeffrey Kohn. I am indebted to Drs. Frank Lipman, Daryl Isaacs, Florence Comite, Keith Berkowitz, Leah Lagos, and Marnie Potash for their unwavering support.

I am grateful to Larry Trivieri and Morley Robbins (the Magnesium Man) for being such fantastic resources and providing me with so much detailed information on magnesium. Their help with this book has been invaluable. Morleys selfless passion and commitment to bringing the multitude of benefits of magnesium to the general public are unparalleled.

Thanks to the staff at Square One Publishersto my publisher, Rudy Shur, who has been a rock of Gibraltar with his wisdom and support throughout the process, and my editor, Miye Bromberg, for her never-ending willingness to help.

I thank Drs. Norman Kane, Norman Gordon, Mike Forman, and Jim Adams; Gershon Jaffe; Mike, Patti, and Russel Hoffman; Rob Martin; Bob Austen; Dean Draznin; and Terri Slater; they have provided a wealth of knowledge and friendship.

Huge thanks to my special partner, Wendy Fisher, who has encouraged and supported me through all the many hours of researching and writing this book.

Thanks to my mother and my sisters, Myra Salkinder and Elaine Luceythanks to all my family. I am so fortunate to have their constant love and support.

Enormous thanks to my incredible childrenAdam, my daughter-in-law Anat, Jonathan, and Rebeccaas well as to their wonderful mother, Tanya. Additional thanks to Adam and Jonathan for all their editing and research help along the way.

Lastly, I want to thank all of the patients I have treated over my twenty-five years in practice. They have given me so much pleasure and the greatest gift of alla meaningful life and the opportunity to make a small difference in the world.

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