BOOK BEAT EVENING with DR. DAVID HNIDA
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| 22 Jul 2010 |
6:00 PM |
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Denver Press Club
1330 Glenarm Place
Denver, CO 80204
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Thursday, July 22, 6 p.m., BOOK BEAT EVENING with DR. DAVID HNIDA, author of "Paradise General: Riding the Surge at a Combat Hospital in Iraq." The book is a moving account of his experiences as a trauma chief at the 399th CSH - the medivac destination of choice because of the high survival rate (98%), and one of the busiest combat hospitals during the surge of 2007. Though set against a devastating backdrop, Hnida's story manages to remain both hopeful and sometimes funny, infused with the gallows humor of Dr. Hnida and his rebellious band of seasoned doctors.
Dr. David Hnida
CBS4's Dr. Dave Hnida is a busy practicing physician and an
award-broadcasting journalist. As the Medical Editor, Dr. Dave brings a
family doctor to your television, answering viewer questions and putting
medical headlines and complicated issues into easy-to-understand,
usable information. He joined the CBS4 team in September 1991 covering medicine not only for Denver viewers but also across the country for NBC and CBS News. Hnida was educated at the University of Pennsylvania and completed his internship and residencies at Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center and Denver General Hospital. He has been working in the Denver area as a family and emergency physician for 25 years. Hnida is a combat-decorated Major in the U.S. Army Medical Corp. He has served two tours of duty in Iraq since the war began in 2003. His first tour he served as a combat surgeon with the 160th Airborne MP Battalion. His second tour took to a Combat Support Hospital as a trauma surgeon. Hnida is also a medical officer with the National Medical Response Team for Weapons of Mass Destruction, a counter-terrorism medical group.
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