A Conversation With Abraham Verghese

A Conversation with Abraham Verghese

Thursday, May 25, 2017
9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
MDCL 2232

Dr. Abraham Verghese is a nationally bestselling author and a prominent voice in medicine. The Senior Associate Chair of the Stanford University School of Medicine and the New York Times Bestselling author of Cutting for Stone, Dr. Verghese was awarded the 2015 National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama, “for reminding us that the patient is the center of the medical enterprise.” His memoirs and novels on medical themes have sold millions of copies, topped bestseller lists, and earned major movie contracts, including My Own Country, The Tennis Partner. His many thoughtful articles have shaped the field, “Treat the Patient, Not the CT Scan,” and “Restoring the Lost Art of the Physical Exam.” Dr. Verghese has served as the founding director of the Center for Medical Humanities Ethics at University of Texas Health Sciences Center, on the Board of Directors of the American Board of Internal Medicine, and has published extensively in The New Yorker, Sports Illustrated, the Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, Granta, The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and elsewhere.

Dr. Verghese will be awarded an honorary degree by McMaster University at convocation this year. Please join us for this opportunity to ask questions and discuss with an internationally known academic, writer, and physician.