Palliative Care Grand Rounds: “When Breath Becomes Air: a conversation with Lucy Kalanithi”

When:
June 14, 2016 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am
2016-06-14T08:00:00-07:00
2016-06-14T09:00:00-07:00
Where:
MSOB X303
1265 Welch Rd
Stanford, CA 94305
USA
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Thomas Day
650-493-5000 opt 1,2 ext 23262

Lucy Kalanithi FamilyPlease join us for Dr. Lucy Kalanithi’s presentation entitled “When Breath Becomes Air: a conversation with Lucy Kalanithi.”

Dr. Lucy Kalanithi, MD, FACP, is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Stanford School of Medicine and the widow of the late Dr. Paul Kalanithi, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir, When Breath Becomes Air, for which she wrote the epilogue. She trained at the Yale School of Medicine, UCSF’s internal medicine residency program, and Stanford’s Clinical Excellence Research Center. Dr. Kalanithi has special interests in healthcare value, meaning in medicine, patient-centered care and end-of-life care. She has appeared on PBS NewsHour, NPR Morning Edition, and Yahoo News with Katie Couric, Charlie Rose and has been interviewed for People, NPR, and The New York Times. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her daughter, Elizabeth Acadia.

Coffee and pastries will be provided.