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Bruce H. Campbell, MD FACS
Retired Head & Neck Surgeon | Author | Essayist

Norbert Blei August Derleth Award
A Fullness of Uncertain Significance - Bruce Campbell, MD FACS

My book of essays, published in 2021

Bruce Campbell, MD FACS
Where It Hurts: Dispatches from the Emotional Frontlines of Medicine

My short story, "Old Scrubs" appears in this collection

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Will you help me get the word out?

A Fullness of Uncertain Significance: Stories of Surgery, Clarity, & Grace will be launched shortly, and I invite you to be part of the "launch team."


Thank you, everyone! Many people have been generous with their time, talents, comments, and feedback as my book has gone from concept to reality. I am grateful for the heartwarming support I have received along the way. You are the best!


Launch day - September 28, 2021 - is approaching! If you wish to help promote the book on social media, on the internet, and among friends and family, here are a few suggestions:


  • Support the book on social media: Post reactions on your social media feeds. You can also “Follow,” “Like," and keep in touch with my wonderful publisher, Ten16 Press, and me on whatever platforms you participate. Here are links:

Author’s sites:

Twitter: @headmirror https://twitter.com/headmirror


Publisher’s sites:



  • Request the book be stocked at your local library or bookstore: Offer them the “sell sheet” (attached) and ask them to request the book by ISBN number:

Paperback: 9781645382638

Hardcover: 9781645382799




  • Support the book on Goodreads: Find A Fullness of Uncertain Significance: Stories of Surgery, Clarity, & Grace on Goodreads and add it to your “To Read” shelf. Consider posting a review.


Good news! The pre-order price is lower than the list price will be.


  • On 9/28/2021, think of us and, hopefully, join us at the launch party:

Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Time: 7-9pm

City Lights Brewing Company: 2200 W Mt. Vernon Ave - Milwaukee, WI 532233

Parking: Plenty of parking in their large parking lot

Food and beverages? Of course

Information and RSVP at https://fb.me/e/1vKg3V4HR


  • After September 28:

    • Spread the word!

    • Buy the book for a friend or family member

    • Review the book on other sites (BookBub, Target, etc.)

    • Write a blog post about the book

    • Contact your ex-boyfriends who work at the New York Review of Books and NPR

    • Share links to essays, posts, interviews, articles, etc. from my website

    • Donate your copy to a little free library or your local hospital or nonprofit

    • Invite me to your book club, zoom chat, or small group gathering

    • Join me for a beer or a cup of coffee


THANK YOU SO MUCH! The entire team is very grateful and humbled by your support. Please contact us with any questions.



You can share the “Sell Sheet” with bookstores and libraries and ask them to consider purchasing and/or stocking the book.





 
 
 

Advance praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - Myles Hopper, PhD JD

Updated: Aug 18, 2021

In this compelling, insightful, and beautifully written compendium of stories, Bruce Campbell shares the lessons he has learned, and continues to learn, throughout his medical education and his years as a highly successful surgeon, faculty member, and teacher. A Fullness of Uncertain Significance is refreshingly honest and introspective, exploring not only many of the desirable outcomes when he had been faced with a broad array of professional challenges, some potentially life-and death, but also those outcomes that were less than he had hoped for.


Readers will appreciate the author’s willingness to reveal that, “As a surgeon, I have made mistakes that have hurt people. This should not surprise anyone since, besides being a surgeon, I also am a human being.” Providers, teachers, and students of health care in every field and at every level of service will benefit greatly from what the author has accurately labeled “Stories of Surgery, Clarity, & Grace.”


This isn’t merely a book about one man’s life as a surgeon. It is a book about the need for understanding and compassion when dealing with others, especially those in distress.


- Myles Hopper, PhD, JD, author of My Father’s Shadow




From Dr. Campbell:

I was privileged to be in a writing group with Myles Hopper a couple of years ago and have always loved his gifts as a storyteller. His writing is insightful and creative. I highly recommend his memoir, My Father's Shadow.





To pre-order A Fullness of Uncertain Significance, visit: https://www.ten16press.com/shop

 
 
 

Advance praise for “A Fullness of Uncertain Significance” - Martina Scholtens, MD MPH

Updated: Aug 18, 2021


“In this collection of essays, Dr. Campbell pulls the reader into his Milwaukee otolaryngology clinic, the operating room, and his medical work in Kenya. He tells story after story with wonder, humour, and affection. He looks back on his medical training and fantasizes about medicine in the mid-twenty-first century. He lets us in on his unique vantage point on humanity, and does so with such humility and grace that his own humanity is never in question.”

-Martina Scholtens, MD, author of “Your Heart is the Size of Your Fist”






From Dr. Campbell:

I love Dr. Scholtens’ book about her work in a Vancouver, BC refugee clinic! It was one of my inspirations as I put together my book. In addition to being a great writer, she is trained in both family medicine and psychiatry, is a parent, and is a wonderful human being.



To pre-order A Fullness of Uncertain Significance, visit: https://www.Ten16press.com/shop

 
 
 

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