America's Doctor: Life in Medicine

" Well imagine spending some intimate time with -- lord Moran our next guest has led a magnificent life dealing with celebrities presidents. Potentates. Business -- more than any doctor probably alive he is also a friend of fox. And actually wants help save my wife's wife. For all those reasons a lot more we bring you doctor Isidore Rosenfeld is author by the way a doctor of the hard. Terrific new book and the star of fox -- house call at every Sunday morning at 1030. A yeah we'll get to my wife and a second but everybody wants to hear about celebrities. You know that doctor if people want to hear about and you have met a lot of them and you have. They're dealing with a lot of the money we can talk about Danny -- for example the great Danny -- god rest his soul. And there's one incident that you talked about in the book about -- Danny K. We didn't know this but he was fascinated by heart surgery and you were friends -- doctor Michael debate he wanted to. Pioneers in in transplant surgery. And Danny -- wanted to see a surgery and what happened."

" Well -- he was in new York and visiting me and I got an invitation from. From doctor debate heated come down to Houston and -- game grand rounds. And then he said would you like me to go view and if I do you come back to Los Angeles -- anyway we arranged to go. And I expected and then he wanted to hear my talk. Well I went there and turn the talk and there was no Danny -- And when it happened was to -- he had asked him. As a president he knew that Danny was a frustrated. Doctors said would you like to see. Her heart operation that -- sit on them I can hear Rosenfeld talk anytime. Anyone in the operating room when he dressed up and so on and put on his gloves in his mask its -- and in the middle of the operation. And that have gone -- to make -- tournaments in would you like to put in the stitch. And this was a bit on I thought but anyway. And so did -- did today actually held a hit job it is to educational under the fifth and Danny putting in one state -- close supervision was perfectly done. Then today he sent to me you know. This guy has better hands than any in my residence and he had a photographer there and could damage picture and to the rest for the rest of his life. Danny had on his piano a pictures Chris -- insurgents on with us. Openings and 2000 something your rent and I got to ask her if she's still -- as she still -- patient. Sponsoring move Sufi is not a sick person associates stated doctor. I've you know I'm not a sick person but you help me out as well come but there's no she's were very close friends. But you know. I want to emphasize that this book that I wrote. The fact that some of these people -- some celebrities. Today that the real fact of the book is that I'm trying to give a message not that I would -- Lenny Kaye. That went wrong with technology that people are focused on the new machines and diagnostic equipment. The main thing that I'm trying to demonstrate in this book is the importance. Of the doctor patient relationship. You can get any machine you've had any procedure. -- relationship. With your doctor. The fact that he or she cares for you and you know it. It's tremendously and."

" Porn -- let me read an example and this is a personal one I don't usually bring personal examples like that but. But my wife had a stroke over in England we were thousands of miles away from you we weren't getting any help in England partly because of the system. Partly because we didn't know anybody there. One phone call to you for all the the test that they gave us over there we were hours and hours getting MRI's semi -- and everything. You made a very simple suggestion which turned out to be the absolute right. Diagnosis of what her problem was -- America finally because you knew her you knew about her health conditions is --"

" That's right I mean not my recollection as David that when you called me to say that you had these symptoms she was still in the -- And I said do you mind diagnosis is such and such and that group's later substantiate. But today yes in the magic shows you that if you are dealing if you weren't sick or worried that your sick -- recovery. Is as dependent. -- relationship with your doctor as -- is on any test or procedure that can be done. The brain plays an important part in the interpretation of symptoms and in house symptom involved and that's the message of the of this book the fact that some of the patients -- celebrity's it's a coincidence."

" It is of course as to whether of course people care about that's one reason frankly is you have to realize why a lot of people are going to buy the book as they want to hear. I I I got asked about one because he was a dear friend of yours Walter Matthau. Does he want of those people who actually because of your relationship. Live longer than he might otherwise."

" No I don't think so he was an exception he was an extraordinarily close friend. He lived in Los Angeles I wasn't his doctor but I visited him when he was sick at the end and our relationship. Was a professional one as you can see I was in one of his movies which was later ended it ended up on the cutting room floor but one of his movies. But I did not do you mean nine examine him from time to time but I do not consider myself."

" As doctor all right well doctor of the heart is the name of the book very new users towards Jack -- as well good to see doctors that are Rosenfeld of course is a start house call can be seen every Sunday morning a Fox News."