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Blue Baby and Acute Coronary Revascularization
by Tracy Berg, MD
Getting to know Ralph Berg, the pioneering open-heart surgeon, was not easy. Only after Tracy’s gentle but persistent campaign did Berg finally reveal to his niece the hidden story motivating so much of his later work: the story of Jason, his youngest son. But Ralph Berg’s own story began many decades before Jason’s birth. The Berg family’s early years in America instilled in Ralph an immense respect for the sanctity of life and hard work. He became a doctor in just six years while World War II raged on and quickly became fascinated with the human heart. After his chest residency, Ralph assembled a remarkable heart and research team that helped bring open-heart surgery and associated advanced surgical procedures on blue babies to Spokane, Washington, in 1959. Then, in 1969, with the medical community on the cusp of discovering the cause and treatment of heart attacks, Jason was born to Ralph and Mary Berg—a doomed blue baby. Learn how Ralph Berg sought to save his son and how he and Dr. Everhart developed the lauded Spokane Experience protocol that put the city years ahead of its time in terms of medical response and treatment of heart attacks. Witness the joy he shared with Jason and his family. Blue Baby and Acute Coronary Revascularization is a powerful story about hope, innovation, and the love of family.
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With love, Author Dr. Tracy Berg
Publication of “Blue Baby and Acute Coronary Revascularization,” December 16th, 2024.
3 Comments
Bill Mouser
October 4, 2024 at 5:53 pmSo looking forward to Dr. Tracy Berg’s book. Through the 70’s and 80’s, Spokane was “the best place in the world to have a heart attack”, so much due to the surgical innovation and expertise of Dr. Ralph Berg. My Dad was a Cardiologist who worked on many difficult cases with Dr. Berg and reflected many times on the outstanding work they did together.
Christel
October 28, 2024 at 8:39 pmI like both. But the darker one is clearer to me
Dr. Tracy Berg
December 3, 2024 at 11:49 pmHi Christel, I too liked both covers and it turns out the yellow cover with the kiddo holding his parent’s hand with the Spokane river in the background won and is the front cover. The darker cover with the heart model, rosary and other items is the back cover.