Deleted Scene: My Medical School Interview
For those of you who may wonder, yes, I did go to medical school. I attended Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, the setting of much of IN STITCHES. Why Michigan State? Well, for one...
View ArticleDeleted Scene: Who’s The Boss?
A word of advice. In med school and in life, it’s good to know who’s in charge. Year three. Clinical rotations. The hospital. In my short white coat, I pick at a questionable Chinese chicken salad...
View ArticleThe Ones That Didn’t Make The Cut
Believe it or not, one of the more challenging hurdles we faced in writing IN STITCHES was coming up with a good title. According to our brilliant publisher and editor, the right title means only...
View ArticleIN STITCHES Book Excerpt #2: I See Dead People
We’ve now released the second excerpt from IN STITCHES: “I See Dead People.” Apologies to M. Night Shyamalan. Enjoy! (Especially those of you who’ve attended Michigan State University College of...
View ArticleIn Stitches Book Excerpt #3: Christmas From Hell
Excerpt from In Stitches by Dr. Tony Youn My first Christmas home from college. The Christmas from hell. First semester, over and done. I can’t wait to chill out at home. See friends. Go to parties. I...
View ArticleDeleted Scene: “Little People, Little Dollah!”
Third year. I’m deep into my final clinical rotation: Pediatrics. Peeds, for short. Not my favorite. Or as my dad says, “Little people, little dollah!” But that’s not why I don’t love pediatrics....
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In Stitches Excerpt #4: Summer of the Jaw
Summer of the Jaw. School ends with a flurry of graduation parties and drunken sendoffs. For months I’ve been trying to distract myself from the painful and obvious fact that my jaw has started to jut...
View ArticleHuffington Post Interview
A Conversation with Author Dr. Tony Youn Mike Ragogna: Tony, what drove you to write In Stitches? Dr. Tony Youn: First time out, I decided to shoot for the stars. I set out to write the definitive...
View ArticleExcerpt From Prologue: The Face In The Ceiling
What a pair. Double D’s. Poking up at me like twin peaks. Pam Anderson, eat your heart out. Too bad they’re attached to a fourteen-year-old boy. I ease the black marker out of my lab coat pocket and...
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Beverly Hills Bloodsuckers: Excerpt from IN STITCHES
December. Beverly Hills. Movie stars, pop icons, and miles and miles of work done on boobs, eyelids, lips, noses, tummies, and butts, much of it shaped, enlarged, reduced, and reconstructed by Dr....
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