Paul Bernstein, MD, was recently elected the San Diego Area Medical Director for the Southern California Permanente Medical Group. He is also the Chair of the Head and Neck Division of the American Cancer Society and founder of the Kaiser Permanente Historical Society. His novels have won awards at the San Diego Book Awards, the San Francisco Book Festival, the London Book Festival, and the Asilomar Writers' Conference. He has appeared as a medical expert on Good Morning America, San Diego television, and was featured on the cover of MD Magazine.