Patricia Gussin

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Patricia Gussin is an author, physician, medical researcher and mother of seven.

Her novels, Shadow of Death and Twisted Justice, both thrillers, reflect her dual passions for family and medicine.

Her first novel, Shadow of Death, is the story of Laura Nelson, a medical student in Detroit in 1967 during the riots.  This extraordinary social upheaval impacted Laura in a very personal, traumatic way.  Shadow of Death was nominated Best First Novel by International Thriller Writers.  It has also been used in a sociology course in one university and as a contemporary urban history course in another.  Twisted Justice, is the story of Laura Nelson, seven years later.  She is now a thoracic surgeon, accused of the murder of her husband’s colleague and facing the unthinkable, separation from her children.

In many ways these two stories parallel Patricia Gussin’s life as she did attend medical school in Detroit after which she did an internship and pediatric residency in Tampa.

Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and a graduate of Aquinas College, Patricia received a M.D. degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine and an MBA from Columbia University.  Her former academic affiliations include the University of the Sciences of Philadelphia as Chairman of the Board of Trustees; University of Pennsylvania Dental School, where she was a member of the Board of Overseers and an Associate Trustee of the University; and membership on advisory committees of several universities.  She has an Honorary Doctor of Science Degree from Duquesne University.  She also is a member of the Board of Directors of the Sarnoff Corporation in Princeton, N.J.

A Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, Patricia is a member of the American Academy of Family Medicine, and a former member of the American Pain Society, Past President of the Drug Information Association, and a former officer of the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

Following her medical training, Patricia, known to her professional colleagues as Dr. Patricia Stewart, has practiced medicine and has directed medical research in her role as worldwide vice president for a leading healthcare company.

One of six children, Patricia has seven children and seventeen grandchildren.  She and her husband, Dr. Robert Gussin, an author and renowned medical researcher, divide their time between Longboat Key, Florida, East Hampton, New York, and their vineyards in Marlborough, New Zealand.

Patricia is a member of Mystery Writers of America and International Thriller Writers Association.

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