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Verghese, Abraham, 1955-

LC control no.n 88097499
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS3622.E744
Personal name headingVerghese, Abraham, 1955-
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Variant(s)Verghese, A. (Abraham), 1955-
Verghese, Abraham C., 1955-
See alsoEmployer: Stanford University
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Associated countryUnited States India
LocatedJohnson City (Tenn.)
Birth date1955-05-30
Place of birthEthiopia
Field of activityEducation, Higher Medicine Fiction
AffiliationUniversity of Texas
Stanford University
Iowa Writers' Workshop
Profession or occupationPhysicians College teachers Authors
Found inInfections in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, 1990: CIP t.p. (A. Verghese; Johnson City, Tenn.) contributors p., etc. (Verghese, Abraham C.; MD; East Tenn. St. Univ., Quillen-Dishner Coll. of Med., Johnson City, TN; b. 5/30/55)
wikipedia, June 24, 2008 (Abraham Verghese, Indian-American doctor and author; his family originates from Kerala, India, born and raised in Ethiopia; completed his medical degree in Madras, India; immigrated to the United States as a foreign medical graduate seeking open residency, he obtained a post in Johnson City, Tenn.; he served for five years as director of the Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics at Univ. of Texas, currently is senior associate chair for the new program in the Theory and Practice of Medicine at Stanford Univ.; he is author of My own country, The tennis partner, and is working on a novel, called Cutting for stone)
My own country, c1994: title page (Abraham Verghese)
The tennis partner, c1998: title page (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for stone, 2009: title page (Abraham Verghese)
The covenant of water, 2023: CIP title page (Abraham Verghese) galley (also by Abraham Verghese: Cutting for stone, The tennis partner, My own country)
The covenant of water, 2023: dust jacket (Abraham Verghese is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He is Provostial Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine. abrahamverghese.org)
Associated languageeng