The timeless qualities of practicing medicine: A conversation with Abraham Verghese

As Stanford School of Medicine’s commencement speaker last spring, physician-author Abraham Verghese, MD, talked about the timeless qualities of practicing medicine. In this 1:2:1 podcast, which coincides with a Q&A in the latest issue of Stanford Medicine magazine, he talks about time and how it impacts his teaching, clinical practice and his writing. Verghese is the Joan F. Lane Provostial Professor and vice chair for the Theory & Practice of Medicine at Stanford.