Few things vivify the passage of time as much as seeing a child that your stethoscope has touched the chest of their father, mother, or at times his or her grandparents. A child’s health is profoundly influenced by family structure, family dynamics, and family functioning. Therefore, you will see as much talk about the family as about the children in this book.

Medicine in general and pediatrics in particular are a lifelong pursuit. New discoveries change the field of pediatrics every day, making it possible to prevent the diseases which handicapped millions and killed more, at an early age.

This book, my personal and professional memoir, encompasses my life on three continents as well as my experiences during the revolution in Iran. I have intertwined my personal and professional lives because in my life, they have been inextricable from one another. Over the past fifty years, I have served as pediatrician to Royalty and the world’s wealthiest families, the kind you see on magazine covers, as well as to the poorest people on Earth, the kind you see late at night, on television.

Over fifty years of medical practice, the stories have grown, as has my passion for telling them. I hope you enjoy reading about my life and the people whose lives I have been a part of.
(Continued in the author’s introduction)

About the Author:
Ralph Salimpour, M.D, D.C.H, F.A.A.P.
Dr. Salimpour is recognized internationally for his expertise as a pediatrician, researcher and scientist. In addition to his role as a practicing physician, Dr. Salimpour currently serves as Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the UCLA School of Medicine. He earned his Diplomate of Child Health from England’s lauded Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed a Pediatric Fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He is internationally recognized as a global expert in the fields of Tetanus, Neonatal Malnutrition and Rickets and has dozens of publications in scientific and medical peer review journals.

He has been practicing medicine for more than five decades and recent acclamation has included the Governor’s Commendation (state of California), the Award of Excellence from California’s Vaccine for Children Program and an entry in the Congressional Record. He has appeared on television newscasts in Los Angeles where he lives with his wife. He has four children, two of whom are practicing physicians, and six grandchildren.