John Mongan, MD, PhD, associate professor in our Abdominal Imaging and Ultrasound section at the UC San Francisco Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, recently published Radiology for Kids with co-authors Brandon Pham, MD, and Betty Nguyen. The book is the tenth title in Medical School for Kids, a charming, beautifully illustrated series by Pham and Nguyen that introduces children to medical specialties.
We caught up with Dr. Mongan for a Q&A about this fun project.
What inspired you to write a children’s book? How did your collaborators influence the creation of this book?
My co-authors are my cousins. I saw one of their earlier books on ophthalmology (Dr. Pham’s specialty) and, half in jest, asked them where the radiology version was. They were extremely enthusiastic about the idea, and the more I thought about it the more it seemed like a fun project and a…
