6 | Dr. Eileen Merriman on haematology, clinical directorship & authorship

Dr. Eileen Merriman is clinical director of haematology and lead thrombosis clinician at North Shore Hospital in NZ. She is the past president of the Thrombosis and Haemostasis Society of Australia and NZ, and on various international committees for thrombosis. In her spare time, she has a second career as a published author of both adult and young adult fiction. Her adult book, Moonlight Sonata, was long-listed for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for fiction (part of the Ockham New Zealand book awards) and three of her young adult books were finalised in the NZ Children and Young Adult book awards.This episode has trigger warnings as it discusses suicide.In this episode, we discuss her journey into haematology and her different leadership positions in medicine, her career as an award-winning author, and her latest book released, 'Double Helix'. We also unpack one of her medical novels, 'Silence of Snow', where an anaesthetic fellow overdoses.  Eileen’s books can be found on https://www.penguin.co.nz/authors/eileen-merriman and her website https://eileenmerriman.co.nz/Social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MerrimanEileenAs always, if you have any feedback or queries, feel free to get in touch at [email protected] credit:Bliss by Luke Bergs https://soundcloud.com/bergscloudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/33DJFs9Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/e9aXhBQDT9YSupport the showAs always, if you have any feedback or queries, or if you would like to get in touch with the speaker, feel free to get in touch at [email protected]. Audio credit:Bliss by Luke Bergs https://soundcloud.com/bergscloudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/33DJFs9Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/e9aXhBQDT9Y

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