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ER doc pens memoir on his career and family of compassionate physicians

Dr. Kenneth Weinberg
Ken Weinberg
Dr. Kenneth Weinberg

The Weinberg family has produced four generations of compassionate doctors since it settled in Newark more than a hundred years ago. The grandson of the family patriarch has written a memoir about the family and his three decades as an emergency room and urgent care doctor.

Dr. Kenneth R. Weinberg's new memoir
Dr. Kenneth R. Weinberg
Dr. Kenneth R. Weinberg's new memoir

WBGO’s Jon Kalish has the Weinberg story…

NOTE: Jon Kalish's “Voices of Wellness” feature is made possible in part by a grant from the Horizon Foundation for New Jersey.

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