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Indian-American
Abraham Verghese selected for National Humanities Medal 2015
Indian-American
physician-author, Abraham Verghese (61) has been selected for the prestigious
2015 National Humanities Medal.
President
Barack Obama will bestow the honour upon Verghese along with 11 others
recipient’s at a ceremony to be held in Washington on 21st September 2016.
He has been
selected for the prestigious award for reminding us that the patient is the
centre of the medical enterprise.
About Abraham
Verghese:
He was born in Ethiopia to
parents from Kerala who had worked as teachers. Currently, Abraham Verghese is
a professor of medicine at the Stanford School of Medicine.
His work has emphasised empathy
in medicine. He has authored several acclaimed books, including “My Own
Country” and “Cutting for Stone”.
About National
Humanities Medal:
National
Humanities Medal bestowed upon individuals or groups whose work has deepened
the nation’s understanding of human experience, broadened citizens’ engagement
with history, languages, philosophy, literature and other humanities subjects.
It was inaugurated in 1997.
