us ▁professor ▁of ▁medicine ▁and ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁medicine . ▁The ▁following ▁year ▁he ▁published ▁Car ing ▁for ▁the ▁Heart : ▁May o ▁C lin ic ▁and ▁the ▁R ise ▁of ▁Special ization ▁( O x ford ▁University ▁Press ), ▁where ▁his ▁“ goal ▁was ▁to ▁write ▁a ▁book ▁that ▁explained ▁how ▁and ▁why ▁the ▁care ▁of ▁patients ▁with ▁heart ▁disease ▁changes ▁so ▁dram atically ▁during ▁the ▁tw enti eth ▁century ”. ▁Sur geon ▁and ▁historian ▁Justin ▁Bar r ▁wrote ▁in ▁his ▁review ; ▁Car ing ▁for ▁the ▁Heart ▁we aves ▁together ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁May o ▁C lin ic , ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁card i ology , ▁and ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁special ization , ▁into ▁a ▁single ▁account , ▁pulling ▁the ▁strength s ▁from ▁each ▁element ▁to ▁help ▁dis sect , ▁explain , ▁and ▁historic ize ▁the ▁others . ▁In ▁so ▁doing , ▁F ye ▁has ▁created ▁a ▁highly ▁readable ▁story ▁of ▁modern ▁medicine ▁in ▁tw enti eth - century ▁America , ▁meeting ▁the ▁challenge ▁of ▁appe aling ▁to ▁professional ▁histor ians , ▁clin icians , ▁and ▁interested ▁public ▁al ike . ▁ ▁Based ▁on ▁his ▁research ▁and ▁publications ▁about ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁May o ▁C lin ic , ▁F ye ▁function ed ▁as ▁Senior ▁Historical ▁Cons ult ant ▁for ▁the ▁two - hour ▁Ken ▁Burn s ▁film ▁The ▁May o ▁C lin ic : ▁Fa ith , ▁Hope , ▁Science , ▁which ▁premier ed ▁on ▁P BS ▁on ▁ 2 5 ▁September ▁ 2 5 ▁ 2 0 1