Dr. Peter Kowey is the author of the newly released book Failure to Treat (Heliotrope Press), which has received positive reviews and includes 20 true stories about patients and practitioners who have been grievously harmed by a broken healthcare system. Each story is followed by a detailed explanation and commentary and ends with advice about how these catastrophes can be prevented or at least avoided.
Dr. Kowey is the William Wikoff Smith Chair in Cardiovascular Research at the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, a Professor of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology at Thomas Jefferson University and former Chief of Cardiovascular Diseases at the Lankenau Heart Institute.