Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Abraham Verghese is vice chair of education at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He's actually an expert in bedside ...

There’s a large whiteboard to the side of Abraham Verghese, acclaimed author and, by day, professor at Stanford University School of Medicine. He swivels in his chair to point to it over Zoom. This is ...

Doctors interact with patients, in many cases, when they are feeling their worst – so, how they talk to those patients during such a vulnerable time matters. That’s the philosophy of Abraham Verghese, ...

In 2016, President Barack Obama presented the National Humanities Medal to physician and author Abraham Verghese in Washington, D.C. Photo by Alex Wong. The future of American medicine is locked in ...

Abraham Verghese — novelist (“Cutting for Stone”), doctor and professor of medicine — introduces his enormous new novel, “The Covenant of Water,” with a personal note to advance readers: His late ...

Verghese will address Harvard’s Class of 2025 during the Commencement’s Morning Exercises, which will be held in Tercentenary Theater on May 29. An esteemed physician, Verghese is best known for his ...

This story is part of the My Unsung Hero series, from the Hidden Brain team, about people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else. In 1985, physician Abraham Verghese was living and ...

Dr. Abraham Verghese ignored the lectern. The janitor turned physician walked past it to the lip of the stage at the Ohio Theatre Tuesday night, clasped his elegant hands before him and spoke without ...

When asked to describe the south Indian state of Kerala, the word that springs to mind for Dr. Abraham Verghese is this: “Water – 44 rivers, countless streams and lagoons and hundreds of miles of ...

Professor of medicine and writer Abraham Verghese was awarded the National Humanities Medal for the 2015 year at the White House on Sept. 22. Awarded annually to a maximum of 12 groups or individuals ...

An epic tale about love, abandonment, betrayal and redemption, Abraham Verghese's first novel, "Cutting for Stone," is a masterpiece of traditional storytelling. Not a word is wasted in this ...