JULIE K. SILVER, MD, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, is a renowned expert in physical medicine and rehabilitation (physiatry) and is on the medical staff at Brigham and Women's, Massachusetts General, and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospitals in Boston, Massachusetts. She is an award-winning writer and the author/editor of more than a dozen books, including a number of medical textbooks and the book After Cancer Treatment: Heal Faster, Better, Stronger. She is the recipient of the most prestigious honor bestowed by the American Cancer Society, The Lane Adams Quality of Life Award. She lives outside of Boston.