James Gottesman

James Gottesman M.D. is a Urological surgeon who specialized in treating cancers of the urinary tract. He has been writing scientific papers most of his adult life - although not fiction until he retired in 2012.

After hanging up his scalpel in 2012, he began to write. 'The Road Back Isn't Straight' (2012), 'The Search of Grace' (2014), 'Can't Forget,' (2016), 'Stab Wound,' (2018) , 'An Enemy to Love (2021), 'In Flew Enza' (2022) ,'The Angel of North Africa' (2024) and The Remarkable Rachel Romain (2025).

Dr. Gottesman graduated from UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco Medical Center and did his surgery residency at UCSF and his Urology residency at UCLA. He was Assistant Professor of Urology at Rush Medical Center in Chicago. He moved to Seattle in the 70s and served as Chairman of Urology of Swedish Medical Center and Clinical Professor of Urology at the University of Washington.