Dr. Susan Wilson Krechel is the author of How to Navigate the Minefield that is Dementia with Your Loved One and Anesthesia and the Geriatric Patient. She is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Louisville School of Medicine, and she spent her career working as an anesthesiologist, specializing in the extremes of age. She resides in San Diego with her standard poodle, BB. Her life has gone full circle as she now lives near childhood friends and their families, including her goddaughter, Anna.