As one of the most visible public health leaders in the United States, Vivek Murthy has dedicated his career to improving the health and well-being of Americans. Murthy was born in England to Indian immigrant parents and grew up in Miami, Florida. His parents were physicians who ran a medical practice serving underserved communities, an […]
Few physicians have had as profound an impact on both medicine and literature as Abraham Verghese, a Stanford professor whose work has helped reshape how doctors think about the patient-physician relationship. Born in Ethiopia to Indian parents, Verghese grew up in an environment deeply connected to medicine—both of his parents were teachers at a medical […]
In recent years, longevity science—the effort to extend not just lifespan but the number of healthy years people live—has become one of the fastest-growing areas of medicine. Among the most influential figures in this field is physician and author Peter Attia. Attia trained at some of the most prestigious institutions in American medicine. He received […]