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The Verghese Odyssey: An inspiring story

Abraham Verghese, born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from expatriate Indian family in 1955, is a highly respected American physician, world class author, humanitarian, professor of medicine and vice chair at the renowned Stanford University.

He began his medical school in Ethiopia but moved to USA due to political unrest when the emperor was deposed by Derg regime. He later completed his medical training in madras medical college in India in 1979 and came back to USA as a foreign medical graduate and completed his residency in internal medicine in Tennessee and infectious disease fellowship at Boston university school of medicine.

He is an eloquence author of two memoirs and two novels which are New York Times best seller. His first book , my own country , narrates his memoir as a young physician during the HIV pandemic.

His second book, the tennis partner is an autobiographical memoir of a troubled drug addict physician that he met as a mentor amidst Verghese unraveling first marriage.

Cutting for stone, his third book is published 9 times and translated in to 16 different languages. It eloquently narrates the saga of twin brothers orphaned by their mother death at birth. The story deeply explores human sides of medical practice plotting in Ethiopia.

His 4th novel which is stated as the most anticipated book by Washington post has been released last month with the title ‘ the covenant of water‘. It depicts the shimmering evocation of lost India and the passage of time itself.

Dr Verghese has coined the ‘l patient ‘to demonstrate the scared ritual of medical practice, physical examination , which is at the verge of extinction as current medical practice mainly focus on treating the patient in the computer (the i patient ) than the real patient in bed. He is very well known for his motto, ‘ imagining the patient experience’.

He is a man of empathy, compassion and integrity. He has received honorary doctorate degree from 5 prestigious universities. He received Heinz award in 2014, national humanities medal presented by President Barack Obama in 2015 and recently won the 2023 writer in world prize for embodying a rare combination of literary talent and moral imaginations helping us to better understand the world and our place in it.

Prepared by: Abinet Bezaredet, MD

@HakimEthio

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The Verghese Odyssey: An inspiring story

Abraham Verghese, born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from expatriate Indian family in 1955, is a highly respected American physician, world class author, humanitarian, professor of medicine and vice chair at the renowned Stanford University.

He began his medical school in Ethiopia but moved to USA due to political unrest when the emperor was deposed by Derg regime. He later completed his medical training in madras medical college in India in 1979 and came back to USA as a foreign medical graduate and completed his residency in internal medicine in Tennessee and infectious disease fellowship at Boston university school of medicine.

He is an eloquence author of two memoirs and two novels which are New York Times best seller. His first book , my own country , narrates his memoir as a young physician during the HIV pandemic.

His second book, the tennis partner is an autobiographical memoir of a troubled drug addict physician that he met as a mentor amidst Verghese unraveling first marriage.

Cutting for stone, his third book is published 9 times and translated in to 16 different languages. It eloquently narrates the saga of twin brothers orphaned by their mother death at birth. The story deeply explores human sides of medical practice plotting in Ethiopia.

His 4th novel which is stated as the most anticipated book by Washington post has been released last month with the title ‘ the covenant of water‘. It depicts the shimmering evocation of lost India and the passage of time itself.

Dr Verghese has coined the ‘l patient ‘to demonstrate the scared ritual of medical practice, physical examination , which is at the verge of extinction as current medical practice mainly focus on treating the patient in the computer (the i patient ) than the real patient in bed. He is very well known for his motto, ‘ imagining the patient experience’.

He is a man of empathy, compassion and integrity. He has received honorary doctorate degree from 5 prestigious universities. He received Heinz award in 2014, national humanities medal presented by President Barack Obama in 2015 and recently won the 2023 writer in world prize for embodying a rare combination of literary talent and moral imaginations helping us to better understand the world and our place in it.

Prepared by: Abinet Bezaredet, MD

@HakimEthio

BY Hakim