Imagine holding a baby girl's life in your hands - now imagine she's no bigger than a soda can. Every year, nearly 4 million babies are born in the United States. Most arrive safely and go home with their families in a matter of days. But not all babies come into the world healthy and almost half a million arrive well before they are expected. These newborns need tiny medicine. Told from the first-person perspective, Dr. Chris DeRienzo - a neonatologist, health system leader and frequent keynote speaker - walks readers through the human experience of caring for the world's smallest and sickest patients. Readers will learn the secrets of the NICU, the loneliness that comes with life and death decisions, and the incredibly powerful sense of purpose and triumph that comes with just making it through the night and keeping everyone alive. In the end, this book delivers an insider's view of what it's really like to serve the world's tiniest humans. "By lifting the shield that protects his heart, Dr. DeRienzo provides a rare glimpse into what it means to be both human and a doctor. He proves that as physicians we do not have to check our souls at our patients’ doors, and his stories give readers hope that healthcare can be healed.” —Dr. Bridget Duffy, CMO Vocera Communications, Inc. "This is a must read for anyone interested in peeking behind the curtain of modern healthcare into the real world of tiny medicine.” —Nate Klemp, PhD, Co-Founder of Life XT and co-author of the New York Times bestseller: Start Here: Master the Lifelong Habit of Wellbeing " Tiny Medicine is an important book and should be required reading for everyone in the healthcare field ... it inspires us with real-world examples of humanity's hope, perseverance, dedication, and hope." —Eric Langshur,  New York Times Bestselling Co-author of Start Here: Master the Lifelong Habit of Wellbeing Recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of 15 "Emerging Leaders," Dr. Chris DeRienzo has published and presented internationally on leveraging analytics to drive continuous improvement, implementing data science in healthcare, and the intersection of humanity and technology.  A frequent keynote speaker and the first ever HIMSS SPARK (TED-style) Speaker, he serves as an advisor to both state and national governments and companies ranging from early-stage to the Fortune 500. He currently serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of WakeMed Health and Hospitals in Raleigh, North Carolina and is a Senior Scholar of Population Health with Stanford University.