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School of Medicine
April 11, 2013
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Abraham Verghese, M.D., renowned physician, bestselling author, and senior associate chair for the theory and practice of medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine, has earned accolades in and out of the medical community for his advocacy on behalf of patients. He is widely regarded as having influenced the way modern medical students think about what it means to be a doctor and to treat people. Dr. Verghese has lectured widely on the importance of the doctor-patient relationship, on the Samaritan function of physicians and on where meaning resides in a medical life.
Much of Dr. Verghese’s life’s work is brought to bear on his debut novel Cutting for Stone, which has been celebrated by critics around the country and has spent more than 100 weeks on The New York Times best-seller list. Entertainment Weekly praised the novel as “a lovely ode to the medical professional. The doctor in [Verghese] sees the luminous beauty of the physician’s calling; the artist recognizes that there remain wounds no surgeon can mend.” Dr. Verghese has also written two nonfiction books. My Own Country, published in 1994, is a memoir about his time treating AIDS patients in rural Tennessee. It was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and was made into a movie directed by Mira Nair (The Namesake). His second book, The Tennis Partner, about his close friendship with a drug-addicted physician, published in 1998, was a New York Times Notable Book and a national best seller.
About Christina Puchalski, M.D., M.S.
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Christina Puchalski, M.D., M.S., is a pioneer and leader in the movement to integrate spirituality into healthcare in both the clinical setting and in medical education. As founder and director of the George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., she continues to break new ground in the understanding and integration of spiritual care in a broad spectrum of healthcare environments. Dr. Puchalski’s work in the field of spirituality and medicine encompasses the clinical, the academic and the pastoral application of her research and insights.
Dr. Puchalski is a professor of medicine and health sciences at George Washington University School of Medicine. She is an active board-certified clinician in internal medicine and palliative care. Widely published in journals with work ranging from biochemistry research to issues in ethics, culture, spirituality and healthcare, Dr. Puchalski also has authored numerous book chapters and published a book with Oxford University Press entitled Time for Listening and Caring: Spirituality and the Care of the Seriously Ill and Dying. Most recently she published Making Health Care Whole through Templeton Press. Her work has been featured in numerous print and television media.