Dr. Patrick Roth, author of The Me in Medicine: Reviving the Lost Art of Healing (July 16, 2018, Changing Lives Press) and The End of Back Pain: Access Your Hidden Core to Heal Your Body (HarperOne), is a board-certified neurosurgeon in New Jersey and the chairman of neurosurgery at Hackensack Meredian Health. He is the director of the neurosurgical residency program and is dedicated to the teaching and training of future neurosurgeons. He is also the founding chair of Seton Hall School of Medicine and founding member of the North Jersey Brain & Spine Center. A perennial recipient of Castle and Connolly "Top Doctors," he has also been featured in New York magazine's "Best Doctors" and New Jersey magazine's "Top Doctors." He is passionate about narrative medicine for both patients and doctors.