Quill Award
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (2007) Winner
Jerome E. Groopman
ジェローム・イー・グループマン
Jerōmu E. Gurūpuman
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Judaism
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Professor of medicine, Internist, Hematologist, Oncologist
- Active Years
- 1997-2024
- Affiliations
- Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, The New Yorker
- Memberships
- Member of the National Academy of Medicine
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia University | — | College of Physicians and Surgeons | BA, MD | — | United States |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | — | Internal medicine | — | — | United States |
| University of California, Los Angeles | — | Hematology | — | — | United States |
| Dana–Farber Cancer Institute | — | Oncology | — | — | United States |
Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Degree:
BA, MD
Country:
United States
BA and MD degrees
Massachusetts General Hospital
Internal medicine
Country:
United States
Internship and residency
University of California, Los Angeles
Hematology
Country:
United States
Fellowship
Dana–Farber Cancer Institute
Oncology
Country:
United States
Fellowship
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
How Doctors Think
2007 Medical non-fictionExplores how doctors think and make diagnostic decisions for general audience.
Cognitive biasIntuitionHopeMedical ethics
The Measure of Our Days
1997 Non-fictionStories of patients facing terminal illness and new beginnings at life's end.
MortalityRecovery
Adaptations
- [TV series] Gideon's Crossing (2000)
Anatomy of Hope
2004 Non-fictionHow hope helps people prevail in the face of illness.
HopeIllness
Bibliography
- The Measure of Our Days
- Second Opinions
- Anatomy of Hope
- How Doctors Think
- Your Medical Mind
- The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2008 (ed.)
- The Best American Science Writing 2010 (ed.)
Adaptations
- TV series Gideon's Crossing loosely based on Groopman and The Measure of Our Days.
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Accessible popular science writingNarrative medical essays
- Recurring Motifs
- Human side of medicineDoctor-patient relationshipScientific discovery
Legacy
Pioneer in cancer and AIDS research, professor at Harvard Medical School, staff writer at The New Yorker, and bestselling author of medical books for general audience.
Academic Societies
- National Academy of Medicine
In Popular Culture
- The lead character in the 2000 TV series Gideon's Crossing was loosely based on him.
Trivia
- Jewish American non-fiction writer
- Columbia University alumnus
- Staff writer at The New Yorker since 1998