Foot in Mouth Disease: Musings of an Unfiltered Physician

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Foot In Mouth Disease: Musings of an Unfiltered Physician is a view of the convolutions of life through the lens of a doctor with an unconventional, and somewhat unrefined, sense of humor. Across a collection of essays, Dr. Matt Hogan uses experiences and events from his life to reflect on broader themes like motivation and regret, weaving hilarious accounts of his own personal history as a physician and native Philadelphian into the lessons hes learned in a life of service and observation.
From the mortal dangers lurking in his childhood home, to the unreasonable expectations of being a physician in a Shonda Rhimes world, Matt gives the reader an unobstructed view of the absurdities of his life and how they molded him into the physician he is today. Nobody in his universe is off limits not the mother who paid off his student loans nor the wife who tolerates his OCD but while discussing the pitfalls of passing gas in front of a patient or reflecting on universal healthcare while atop a castle in Germany, Matts biggest target is himself. Permeating the prose is an underlying theme that in order to take an honest look at a difficult problem like our comically frustrating healthcare system, we must first take an honest look at ourselves.
Foot In Mouth Disease is a diary crafted into a story about one mans dance into middle- age. It is a narrative in the vein of the authors hero, David Sedaris, and a window into the world of medicine through the eyes of an unprocessed skeptic. Mostly, however, it is a confession an exploitation of the mutually hysterical and poignant events in the life of a dedicated physician that prove we are all human, and none of us will make it out alive.

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What an enjoyable book! In Foot in Mouth Disease, Dr. Matthew Ryan Hogan takes the reader through a series of hilarious, thought-provoking, and sometimes deeply touching vignettes spanning from his early years in Philadelphia through his current life as a husband, father, and practicing physician near Atlanta. Hogans writing style is at once highly intelligent and self-effacing and almost always funny. He tackles the challenges and opportunities in society and his own life from the COVID pandemic to his calling to become a weekend novelist with what he terms brash pessimism. The result is a delightful collection of stories that is completely entertaining. Foot in Mouth Disease is a wonderful read and most highly recommended. -- Michael Godin, MD, author of The Big Prick and Fighting Gravity
Really serious pointsnot just medicalare embedded in each anecdote, but heavily camouflaged in humour, smut, irreverence, and blissfully fearless rants so that the reader is constantly ambushed when least prepared. Fun, intelligent, moving, and stimulating, Foot in Mouth Disease is a spectacular read. -- Ileana von Hirsch, author of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Chemo: A Rather Unusual Memoir

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Matthew Ryan Hogan is a practicing internist with over twenty years of experience and the medical director and chief of staff of a large urban hospital near Atlanta. He has won numerous awards for teaching and service and leads a thriving practice of over forty physicians. Hogan is the author of Mr. November, a time-hopping science fiction novel, and has written for numerous medical publications, print news outlets, and peer-reviewed journals. Originally from Philadelphia, he now resides in Decatur, Georgia, with his wife, two children, two pups, and a fish named Jerry.