Profundity One

About the Book

A word spoken, a line read can make the difference between life and death or success and failure. A retired black general surgeon raised by his parents in a low-income housing project of Montgomery, Alabama, with eight other siblings reflects on lessons learned and nuggets extracted from a life infused with its fair share of struggle, joy, pain, and ultimate victory. Read, believe, and receive and set sail on your own journey to recovery.

About the Author

David C. Franklin, MD, was born and reared in Montgomery, Alabama, where he attended Booker T. Washington high school and later received a bachelor of arts degree from Alabama State University. Dr. Franklin received the MD degree from the University of Alabama in Birmingham, 1974. He completed five years of general surgical residency training, two initial years at Georgetown University, in Washington, DC, and three subsequent years at York Hospital, York, Pennsylvania. Upon completion of his residency, Dr. Franklin returned to Birmingham and practiced general surgery for seventeen years, relocating to Plymouth, North Carolina, in 1996, where he continued his practice for nine years, finally moving to Elizabethtown, North Carolina, for three years before returning home to Montgomery, Alabama, in 2007. Dr. Franklin is married to his best friend, Annie, and is the proud father of three children. He has twelve years experience working in men’s ministry, both in Alabama and North Carolina. Semiretired now, he busies himself with writing, speaking engagements, and medical consultations. As a black general surgeon, Dr. Franklin was instrumental in integrating some six different hospitals. The numerous trials and tribulations experienced in this stead he now counts as blessings, for they were invaluable in his spiritual and character development. Dr. Franklin considers his greatest achievement the acceptance of Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior.