Abraham verghese author biography page
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Early Years
Born in Addis Ababa in 1955, the second of three sons of Indian parents recruited bygd Emperor Haile Selassie to teach in Ethiopia, he grew up near the capital and began his medical training there. When the kejsare was deposed, Verghese briefly joined his parents in the United States, working as an orderly, or nursing assistant, in a series of hospitals and nursing homes before completing his medical education in India at Madras Medical College. His experiences of civil unrest and his time as a hospital orderly were to leave a significant mark on his life and work.
After graduation, he left India for a medical residency in the United States and, like many other foreign medical graduates, he found only the less popular hospitals and communities open to him, an experience he described in a 1997 New Yorker article, “The Cowpath to America.”
From Johnson City, stat i usa, where he was an internal medicin resident from 1980 to 1983, he moved to the Northeast for a fellow
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Abraham Verghese
Physician and acclaimed best-selling author Dr. Abraham Verghese, who received the 19th Heinz Award for the Arts and Humanities, brings a unique perspective to healing as an art and a calling in an era when the scientific details of medicine often overshadow the humanity of the patient.
Drawing on his experiences as a physician, including his early career on the front lines of treating AIDS patients, Dr. Verghese’s writings document his belief and practice that medicine is a uniquely human, person-to-person endeavor. He warns that while technology has revolutionized the practice of medicine and brought about ground-breaking cures and treatments, the profession is in danger of losing traditional and powerful rituals that were once part of the doctor-patient relationship. He teaches new doctors that by employing mindful listening and skillful examination, doctors can, even in the absence of a cure, bring healing to patients as they come to terms with their i
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Abraham Verghese
American physician, author, professor (born 1955)
Abraham Verghese (born 1955) is an American physician and author. He is the Linda R. Meier and Joan F. Lane Provostial Professor of Medicine, Vice Chair for the Theory & Practice of Medicine, and Internal Medicine Clerkship Director at Stanford University Medical School.[1][2][3] In addition, he is the author of four best-selling books: two memoirs and two novels. He is the co-host with Eric Topol of the MedscapepodcastMedicine and the Machine.[4]
In 2011, Verghese was elected a member of the Institute of Medicine.[5] In 2014, he received the 19th Annual Heinz Award in the Arts and Humanities.[6]President Barack Obama presented him with the National Humanities Medal in 2015.[7][8] In 2023, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.[9] He has received six honorary doctorate degrees.[1]
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