Abraham Verghese, MD, MACP
Academic Appointments
- Professor, Medicine
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Department of Medicine 300 Pasteur Dr S102C MC 5109 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 721-6966 Fax (650) 725-8381
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Academic Offices
Administrative Contact Leslie Steen Executive Assistant Email Tel Work 650-723-7609Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Snapshot
Clinical Focus
- Internal Medicine
- Infectious Disease
- Pulmonary Medicine
Administrative Appointments
- Residency Program Director, Stanford University, Department of Medicine (2009 - present)
- Senior Associate Chair for the Theory & Practice of Medicine, Stanford University, Department of Medicne (2007 - present)
Honors and Awards
- Senior Associate Chair for the Theory and Practice of Medicine, Stanford University (2008-present)
- Master, American College of Physicians (2005)
- John P. McGovern Medal, Osler Society, Montreal (2007)
- Doctor of Humane Letters (Hon), University of Northern Illinois (2007)
- Doctor of Science (Hon), Swarthmore College (2001)
Professional Education
| Board Certification: | Pulmonary Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine (1988) |
| Board Certification: | Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine (1983) |
| MD: | Madras University, Medicine (1979) |
| Residency in Medicine: | East Tennessee State University, Medicine (1983) |
| Fellow in Infectious Diseases: | Boston Univ School of Medicine, Infectious Diseases (1985) |
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Scientific Focus
Research Interests
My interest is in clinical skills and the bedside exam, both in its technical aspects, but also in the importance of the ritual and what is conveyed by the physician's presence and technique at the bedside. This work interests me from an educational point of view, and also from the point of view of ethnographic studies related to rituals and how they transform the patient-physician relationship.
Publications
- CUTTING FOR STONE A novel published by Alfred P. Knopf. 2009
- The Tennis Partner: A Doctor's Story of Friendship and Loss,1998 Aug. (Harper Collins in the USA, Vintage in the UK, Penguin in India). 1999 Oct Paperback version (by Harper Perennial in the USA and Vintage in UK) The Tennis Partner: A Doctor's Story of Friendship and Loss,1998 Aug. (Harper Collins in the USA, Vintage in the UK, Penguin in India). 1999 Oct Paperback version (by Harper Perennial in the USA and Vintage in UK).
- My Own Country: A Doctor's Story of a Town and Its People in the Age of AIDS. Simon & Schuster, New York, NY 1994. My Own Country: A Doctor's Story of a Town and Its People in the Age of AIDS. Simon & Schuster, New York, NY 1994..
- “Culture Shock: The Patient as Icon, Icon as Patient.” New England Journal of Medicine. 2008; (26): 2748-51
- The Calling N Engl J Med. 2005; (18): 1844-7
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