William MeffertDr. William Meffert completed medical school and surgical residency at Yale University before he followed in his father's footsteps and became an army combat surgeon. He then spent thirty years as a cardiovascular surgeon in Iowa. After retirement, Mffert volunteered as a surgeon in Haiti, Russia, and China and was appointed a consulting professor at the Stanford University Department of Surgery. There Were No Flowers: A Surgeon's Story of War, Family, and Love is a nonfiction book about his experiences as a surgeon in war. For more information, please visit www.williammeffertmd.com. Read More Read Less