Bishop James D. Conley, Diocese of Lincoln, and Dr. Jere Palazzolo, President, Catholic Healthcare International
Follow the Science: A Catholic Physician’s Contemplations on Faith, Medicine, and the Catholic Church
by Dr. George Mychaskiw II
with forewords by Bishop Joseph E. Strickland and Charles C. Camosy, PhD
Do you ever wonder if the scientific world has lost its compass?
Does it seem like the Catholic Church is increasingly irrelevant in a culture of death and secular self-interest?
Is there no behavior too outrageous, offensive or preposterous enough for a civilized society to protest?
In this book, Dr. George Mychaskiw, a faithful Catholic, pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist takes an unvarnished, direct and unapologetically Catholic look at some of today’s most important bioethical and episcopal issues, including:
- The common arguments supporting abortion on demand and why they are simply invalid.
- The irrational and non-scientific basis for gender ideology.
- The modern slavery of in vitro fertilization and surrogacy.
- The contemporary genocide against the disabled, elderly and other “inconvenient” people.
- Perversion of politics and the criminal justice system.
- The silent and cowardly Catholic Church.
And many more. This is a call to arms. A plea and guidebook for taking back the culture of death, restoring respect for life and motherhood, and setting the Church in its place as the standard-bearer for ethical behavior. Society is in decline and, unless prompt action is taken, it will collapse to a Hobbesian dystopia that is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
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TESTIMONIALS
“The forces of Satan are very clear in their priorities. Yearly, Planned Parenthood receives hundreds of millions of dollars in donations. As ‘sons of light’ (Lk 16,8), we must be ready to make the sacrifices necessary to safeguard and promote human life and the family formed by the union of man and woman in marriage. Is there anything more important than life and the dignity of God’s creation of man, male and female? (Gn 1,27) For us Catholics, the answer is clear.” – Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke
“I believe this book will prove to be useful in a world where medicine, science and the Church are all battered by confusion and compromise that too often wants to deny the truth. The call for people of faith is not to deny the truth but instead to embrace the joys and the challenges it brings to our human journey.” – Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, from the foreword
“When you read this book, you will open yourself to the engaging vision of a thinker and practitioner who, unwilling to settle for the already challenging life of a first-rate and very busy clinician, decided to lead the charge in creating—from nothing—a brand new medical school on the border in New Mexico to serve populations who bear the face of Christ in a special way as strangers in our midst. When you read this book, you will open yourself to the engaging vision of a thinker and practitioner who understands the crusade for prenatal justice as the great fight for human and civil rights of our era. When you read this book, you will open yourself to the engaging vision of a thinker and practitioner who understands that a Catholic vision of the good, a Catholic vision of human dignity, and a Catholic vision of what health care is are at the heart of responding to the culture wars of our current moment.” – Charles C. Camosy, PhD, Professor of Medical Humanities at the Creighton University School of Medicine, from the foreword
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. George Mychaskiw, is a board-certified, practicing pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist with over 30 years of experience, having completed medical school at the Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine and anesthesiology residency and fellowships at the Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Mychaskiw has an extensive background in health policy and medical education and is a graduate of the AOA’s Health Policy Fellowship.
As the visionary behind an osteopathic medical school being established in southern New Mexico to address the shortage of physicians in the Southwestern U.S. and Northern Mexico and diversify the physician workforce, Dr. Mychaskiw initiated a compilation of influential leaders to make this vision a reality. In 2013, the Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine (BCOM) was established with Founding Dean & Chief Academic Office Mychaskiw at the helm of the academic arm of the medical school. In 2016, BCOM’s inaugural class of 162 arrived in Las Cruces, New Mexico to begin their dream of attending medical school. Today, the Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine is one of the largest producers of Hispanic physicians in the US and one of the most diverse osteopathic medical colleges.
Dr. Mychaskiw and his consulting group have developed 9 other medical schools in the US and he is the Founding President of the proposed Saint Padre Pio Institute for the Relief of Suffering School of Osteopathic Medicine, which will be co-located on the campus of Benedictine College, Atchison, Kansas. The Saint Pio School will be the first and only medical school in the world adherent to Ex Corde Ecclesiae, traditionally Catholic, and will proudly stand for the life and dignity of every human life, from conception to natural death, as created in the image and likeness of God.
Dr. Mychaskiw remains in active clinical practice and has developed and led major university anesthesiology departments in the United States. An authority in osteopathic medical education, Dr. Mychaskiw has authored over 100 articles and book chapters, including works on hospital, medical school and operating room management. He has given hundreds of lectures around the world and is an expert on medical and educational administration in the U.S. and developing world.
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