{"id":131,"date":"2026-05-22T12:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo-staging-websites.com\/david\/?page_id=131"},"modified":"2026-05-22T12:08:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:08:26","slug":"about-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demo-staging-websites.com\/david\/about-author\/","title":{"rendered":"About Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"131\" class=\"elementor elementor-131\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a992ff8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a992ff8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70e03d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"70e03d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet <span style=\"color:#D4AF37\">David Kountz <span>\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-911e337 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"911e337\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Author and biographer preserving the legacy of Samuel L. Kountz, MD.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cae409d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cae409d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-322e625 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"322e625\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ce266a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1ce266a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Son Behind the<span style=\"color:#D4AF37\">  Story!<span>\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8caf783 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8caf783\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. David S. Kountz is the son of pioneering kidney transplant surgeon Samuel L. Kountz, MD. Driven by a deep sense of responsibility to his father&#8217;s memory, he spent years gathering personal correspondence, family photographs, and firsthand recollections to write <strong><em>Life of Impact<\/em><\/strong>. His goal was never simply to document a career. 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