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Abraham Verghese | |
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 Verghese in 2023 | |
| Born | May 30, 1955 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Occupation | Professor of medicine, author |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Madras Medical College |
| Period | 1980 to present |
| Genre | medical book, autobiography, novel |
| Notable works | My Own Country, The Tennis Partner, Cutting for Stone, The Covenant of Water |
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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 Medscape podcast Medicine 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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- ^ Stanford Report: Physician returns to the art of healing in medicine
- ^ "About the Stanford Medicine 25 Bedside Exams". Stanford Medicine 25. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
- ^ "Medicine and the Machine". Medscape. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
- ^ "Three School of Med professors elected to Institute of Medicine", The Stanford Daily, October 19, 2011.
- ^ "Abraham Verghese". www.heinzawards.org. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
- ^ "Abraham Verghese National Humanities Medal 2015". National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
- ^ "Remarks by the President at the Presentation of the 2015 National Medals of the Arts and Humanities". whitehouse.gov. September 22, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
- ^ "Three Stanford scholars awarded Guggenheim Fellowships". news.stanford.edu. April 7, 2023. Retrieved July 7, 2024.