A pastor shares the spiritual unlearning and re-learning he experienced while accompanying his young son through cancer.

The chief of the Stanford Endocrine Clinic sheds light on the explosion of GLP-1s in healthcare — and discusses the intriguing use cases on the horizon.

A medical student and her cello help patients tune into their emotions and find moments of transcendence amidst the chaos of the hospital. 

An internist at a safety-net clinic offers insights from one of the world’s oldest stories to suffering patients and physicians alike – and emphasizes the importance of understanding a patient’s idioms of distress.

A Harvard historian outlines how America became dependent on immigrant physicians and highlights the prejudice faced by the very physicians that care for some of the country’s most vulnerable patients.

A retired pediatric surgeon and physician-advocate explains why neither the healthcare system nor patients can afford burned out doctors — and calls for a grassroots revolution.

A scholar of digital transformation in medicine explains the difficulty of predicting the consequences of new technology — and makes the case for AI-optimism in healthcare.

A bioethicist explores how Silicon Valley’s pursuit of the beyond-healthy human raises questions about the purpose of medicine — and explains how disability ethics can keep doctors on track.

The former National Coordinator for Health IT explains how the EMR has been distorted by the fee-for-service model – and makes the case for value-based care.

A historian, a philosopher, and a palliative care physician explore the interplay of technology, suffering, and medicine – and argue for the value of embracing life as mystery.

An award winning author and primary care physician explains why her English and poetry classes were more relevant to her clinical work than her science classes.

A Stanford physician and his oncologist explore the nuances of hope and the value of spiritual practice in the context of a Stage IV lung cancer diagnosis. 

A gerontologist and New York Times best-selling author plots a path toward more joyful aging — one rich with renewal, connection, and purpose.

A third-generation family physician and fellow at Duke Divinity school’s Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative shares a first-hand experience with facing the difficult question – What does it mean to willingly receive the suffering of someone which you cannot fix?

A world expert in social ecology and well-being explains why novel experiences that bring both positive and negative emotions are a key ingredient to a fulfilling life.

Harvard’s humanist chaplain provides a non-religious framework for meaning making and illustrates how technology has become a religion of its own.

A hospitalist, palliative care physician, and professor at Duke Divinity School advocates for recentering medicine on a fundamental question: “What is Good?”

A Critical and Palliative Care physician shares how she came to embrace a more human approach to medicine — treat patients as you’d want your own loved ones to be treated.

An international leader in longevity and New York Times best-selling author shares his experience using data-driven narrative as a tool in the fraught field of public health — and offers a new vision for the patient-physician interaction.

The 2024 – 2025 president of the American Medical Association shares how a childhood injury propelled him to becoming a surgeon, how he navigates the polarization and politicalization of American medicine, and how all physicians can help shape the future of healthcare.