Dr. Kalanithi is the widow of the late Dr. Paul Kalanithi, author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller When Breath Becomes Air, for which she wrote the epilogue. Dr. Kalanithi will speak about her personal experience standing alongside her husband during his life, diagnosis, treatment, death and her special interests in healthcare value; meaning in medicine, patient-centered care and, end-of-life care. Dr. David Watts, will moderate the discussion. Dr. Watts is a gastroenterologist and Clinical Professor at the UCSF School of Medicine, a poet, a classically trained musician and a television producer/host. His books of stories and poems about the complexity of the doctor-patient relationship include; Bedside Manners, The Orange Wire Problem and Taking The History.
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Dr. Kalanithi is the widow of the late Dr. Paul Kalanithi, author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller When Breath Becomes Air, for which she wrote the epilogue. Dr. Kalanithi will speak about her personal experience standing alongside her husband during his life, diagnosis, treatment, death and her special interests in healthcare value; meaning in medicine, patient-centered care and, end-of-life care. Dr. David Watts, will moderate the discussion. Dr. Watts is a gastroenterologist and Clinical Professor at the UCSF School of Medicine, a poet, a classically trained musician and a television producer/host. His books of stories and poems about the complexity of the doctor-patient relationship include; Bedside Manners, The Orange Wire Problem and Taking The History.
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