Steven Marx Celestin, MD, is a board-certified family physician with over sixteen years of humble service to patients in New York and Georgia. Tell It to Me Straight, Doc is his debut book that exemplifies his career-long dedication to respecting the old-fashioned, patient-centered principles of the art of medicine. In the years of his practice, he has witnessed the work of well-liked and competent doctors, but grew concerned as he noticed colleagues spending hardly five minutes with their patients. By writing Tell It to Me Straight, Doc, Dr. Celestin hopes that patients will gain the courage, knowledge, and agency they need to have crucial conversations with their doctors.