BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260123T000000Z DTEND:20260123T010000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Training in Charity: Author Talk with Dr. Allen Saxon at The Book Stall DESCRIPTION:The Book Stall (811 Elm Street in Winnetka) welcomes local author and retired surgeon Dr. Allen Saxon to the store on Thursday\, January 22 at 6:00 pm for a discussion featuring his new novel\, Training in Charity\, which captures what it meant to begin a life in medicine before computers and technology softened the edges a time when skill was learned by doing and compassion was earned at the bedside. Dr. Saxon will be in-conversation with Steve Fiffer.\n\n\n\nSince retiring as a general surgeon\, Allen Saxon\, MD\, has had time to pursue two of his passions creative writing and medical education. A graduate of Tulane Medical School\, he has experienced the value of safety net hospitals to society first-hand\, both to indigent populations and to those learning the art of medicine. He currently teaches at two medical schools: Northwestern University and Rosalind Franklin University. His novella\, The Climber of Pointe du Hoc\, was published in 2024. He lives in the Chicago area. \n\n\n\nSteve Fiffer is a New York Times best-selling author whose books include his memoir Three Quarters\, Two Dimes\, and a Nickel\, Jimmie Lee and James\, and The Moment. The winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship\, he is a graduate of Yale and the University of Chicago Law School. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Book Stall \;(811 Elm Street in Winnetka) welcomes local author and retired surgeon \;Dr. Allen Saxon \;to the store on Thursday\, January 22 at 6:00 pm for a discussion featuring his new novel\, \;Training in Charity\, which captures what it meant to begin a life in medicine before computers and technology softened the edges&mdash\;a time when skill was learned by doing and compassion was earned at the bedside. Dr. Saxon will be in-conversation with \;Steve Fiffer.
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\nSince retiring as a general surgeon\, \;Allen Saxon\, MD\, \;has had time to pursue two of his passions&mdash\;creative writing and medical education. A graduate of Tulane Medical School\, he has \;experienced the value of safety net hospitals to society first-hand\, both to indigent populations \;and to those learning the art of medicine. He currently teaches at two medical schools: Northwestern University and Rosalind Franklin University. His novella\, \;The Climber of Pointe du Hoc\, was published in 2024. He lives in the Chicago area. \;
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\nSteve \;Fiffer \;is a \;New York Times \;best-selling author whose books include his memoir \;Three Quarters\, Two Dimes\, and a Nickel\, \;Jimmie Lee and James\, and \;The Moment. The winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship\, he is a graduate of Yale and the University of Chicago Law School. LOCATION:The Book Stall 811 Elm Street UID:e.259.17679 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260414T220105Z URL:https://chamber.wngchamber.com/events/details/training-in-charity-author-talk-with-dr-allen-saxon-at-the-book-stall-17679 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR