Abraham Verghese is a Stanford University vice chair for the practice and theory of Medicine provost professor and medical doctor.
He has also made his name as a physician and bestselling author who focuses on healing at a time when the human side of medicine has been overwhelmed by technology.
In 2014, he was the recipient of the Heinz Award and in 2015 he had the honor of being granted the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama.
Books in order of publication:
Standalone Novels
| Cutting for Stone | (2009) | |
| The Covenant of Water | (2023) |
Non-Fiction Books
| My Own Country: A Doctor’s Story | (1994) | |
| Soundings: Doctors Life Age Aids | (1994) | |
| The Tennis Partner | (1998) |
Collections
| Short Stories | (2006) |
Anthologies
| A Life in Medicine: A Literary Anthology | (2002) |
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