ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Charles Antinori, MD, FACS, a native of Jersey City, New Jersey, is the oldest of nine children from an Italian family. He graduated from Regis High School in Manhattan and Cornell University before attending Dartmouth Medical School. Later, he transferred to Harvard
Medical School, graduating in 1973. He was a medical doctor for several decades, practicing cardiovascular, thoracic and general surgery at several hospital systems in South Jersey.