About us

An award-winning publisher

Welcome to tfm publishing’s web site.

We are an independent family-owned company specialising in academic medical publishing. Our main area of publishing focus is in the fields of anaesthesia, critical care and intensive care medicine, emergency medicine and trauma, general surgery, cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, vascular surgery and urology. The majority of our books are also available in various e-book formats — epub, mobi and web pdf. Our e-books are available from many e-book suppliers including, but not limited to, the following: Proquest, Apple, amazon, Bibliu, Buku, EBSCO, Google, Ingram/MyiLibrary, ebooks.com, Ebrary, Kobo, Kortext, Rittenhouse, Dawsons, Gardners, Ellibs, Elib, Numilog, Overdrive, Lavoisier, Perlego, Vital Source.

Our established bestsellers like ‘Top Knife’, the ‘Aphorisms and Quotations for the Surgeon’ series, the ‘Key Questions’ series in the cardiac, thoracic and congenital cardiac fields, ‘Cystitis Unmasked’, the 5th edition of ‘Schein's Common Sense Emergency Abdominal Surgery’, and our anaesthesia/intensive care and emergency medicine examination books continue to sell well. ‘The Fundamentals of Surgical Instruments’ is also a very popular title for anyone working in the perioperative environment.

The MedQ4exams series provides a broad range and style of questions, not only for medical students preparing for their final exams, but also for clinicians preparing for their postgraduate exams. ‘SBAs, EMQs & SAQs in MEDICINE’ and ‘SBAs, EMQs & SAQs in SURGERY’ were the first two books in the series, followed by ‘SBAs, EMQs & SAQs in the SPECIALTIES’ and ‘SBAs, EMQs & SAQs in PRACTICE PAPERS’.

Other important titles include ‘The Little Book of Medical Quotes’, ‘The Little Book of Aphorisms & Quotations for the Surgeon’ (the last in the trilogy in this bestselling series), ‘The Wise Scalpel’ — written in a similar style to ‘TOP KNIFE’, ‘Cystitis Unmasked’ — another international bestselling title, ‘Managing Long COVID Syndrome’, ‘Fibromyalgia’, ‘INTERVIEWS FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL: Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) Practice’, ‘Difficult Airway Management: Case Studies’, ‘The back pain manual — A guide to treatment’, and ‘Exam Essentials: SBAs for Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine’.

We are continuing to build upon our successes with the international bestselling ‘Key Questions’ series. ‘Key Questions in Congenital Cardiac Surgery’ was published in June 2022 and complements the other two existing books. The second edition of ‘Key Questions in Cardiac Surgery’ was published in 2024 and is selling very well, just as the first edition has done.

Other particularly important books for 2025 will be the publication of ‘Clinical Research: a Doctor’s Survival Guide’. We are looking to publish two or three more exam-type books in the fields of critical care and pre-hospital emergency medicine. Building on the success of the international bestselling title, ‘Cystitis Unmasked’, tfm is also planning to publish a complementary title ‘Cystitis Unmasked CASEBOOK’ which will outline the management and treatment of a wide range of different cases in this field. Also, coming soon is ‘How to Secure a Place in Medical School: an Essential Guide for Success’, which accompanies the earlier title ‘INTERVIEWS FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL: Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) Practice’. And finally, a surgical memoir entitled ‘The General Surgeon: Recollections from Four Continents’, by Moshe Schein, this is the story of a 50-year-long surgical life, across four continents, and numerous hospitals — academic, community, and rural — in a few countries. Unlike the typical memoirs of surgeons, glorifying their accomplishments and paying tribute to this noble profession, this memoir portrays a surgical career in the trenches, as it is, in stark colors, warts and all. Although ‘surgical’ is its claim to fame, this memoir is aimed not only at surgeons or medical practitioners.

Our books continue to receive critical acclaim and we receive many outstanding reviews in leading impact factor journals for each specialty. Every year since 2005, we have been delighted when our books have won awards in the annual BMA Medical Book Competition.

tfm publishing Ltd is well-known for its high-quality academic textbooks. Attention to detail is of the utmost importance in the production of any of our books, although we are also renowned for our quick turnaround. One of our main strengths is that from manuscript to finished product typically takes less than eight months. This means that our books are as absolutely current as they can be when they reach the market.

We look forward to doing business with you.

Nikki Bramhill and Paul Lawrence

Directors, tfm publishing Ltd.