rena steinzor, cambridge university press. make sure you get it, and thank you all very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> you are watching of tv, television for serious readers. you can watch any program you see here online at booktv.org. spent what is your day job? >> i'm a psychiatrist, medical school and i defy the time between treating patients, psychiatry and teaching medical students and residents. >> what made you go into psychiatry? >> good question. when i was in middle school school i was deciding between psychiatry and cardiology which is to very different fields. actual slang for -- so then as i was just getting to see patients and get into the nitty-gritty of being a doctor i found i really like the idea of talking to people and helping people for the problems in that way more so than the more mechanical sightreading heart disease. that's how it all unfolded. >> you're also an author now. what possessed you to write a book? >> this book that i've written is basically it's a memoir of my journey through medical tent the written through the lens of race.

rena steinzor, cambridge university press. make sure you get it, and thank you all very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> you are watching of tv, television for serious readers. you can watch any program you see here online at boo