Professional Summary


Education & Certifications
  • Medical Education: Madras University Medicine (1980) India
  • Residency: East Tennessee State University Medicine (1983) TN
  • Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (1983)
  • Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Boston Univ School of Medicine, Infectious Diseases (1985)
  • Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease (1986)
  • Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease (1988)
  • Master of Fine Arts, The University of Iowa, Fiction (1991)

Honors & Awards
  • Doctor of Humane Letters (Honorary), College of the Holy Cross (2022)
  • Doctor of Humane Letters (Honorary), University of Northern Illinois (2007)
  • Doctor of Humane Letters (Honorary), Upstate Medical University, SUNY Syracuse (2012)
  • Doctor of Science (Honorary), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario (2017)
  • Doctor of Science (Honorary), Swarthmore College (2001)
  • Fellow, Guggenheim Foundation (2023-24)
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh (2014)
  • Honorary Doctorate, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland (2014)
  • John P. McGovern Medal, Osler Society, Montreal (2007)
  • Master, American College of Physicians (2005)
  • Member, Association of American Physicians, Association of American Physicians (2006)
  • Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences (2011)
  • National Humanities Medal, President Obama and the National Endowment for the Arts (2016)
  • The Heinz Award in Humanities, The Heinz Foundation (2014)

Administrative Appointments
  • Adjunct Faculty, Freeman Spogli Institute: Stanford Health Policy (2010 - Present)
  • Director, PRESENCE (2017 - Present)
  • Faculty, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics (2009 - Present)
  • Vice Chair for the Theory & Practice of Medicine, Stanford University, Department of Medicine (2007 - Present)

Publications

Practice Locations


SHC- Hospital Medicine Stanford, CA
Stanford, CA

300 Pasteur Dr

Stanford , CA 94305

(650) 723-4000

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