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"Matters of Life and Death: Poetry and the Experience of Illness" with Rafael Campo

The Medical Humanities Initiative presents a lecture and poetry reading with Dr. Rafael Campo, MA, MD, D. Litt. (Hon.), as part of the Medical Humanities Distinguished Lecture Series. Join us for a light reception at 6:00 pm and the lecture/reading at 7:00 pm.

Register for the event on the Medical Humanities website.

Dr. Campo is Director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. His scholarly interests relate to narrative and medicine, the use of literature (and other humanities resources) in medical education, and cross-cultural issues in medical education and clinical practice. He is a well-known contemporary American poet and essayist. He also serves as Director of the Katherine Swan Ginsburg Humanism in Medicine Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and is Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His primary care practice in Healthcare Associates serves mostly Latinos, gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgendered people, and people with HIV infection.

Dr. Campo is the author of five collections of poetry and two books of essays. His poetry and prose have appeared in numerous anthologies, including the Best American Poetry and Pushcart Prize series; and in various periodicals, including JAMA, The Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, Los Angeles Times, The Nation, New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, Paris Review, The Progressive, Slate.com, and Washington Post Book World. His work has also been featured on National Public Radio and on the National Endowment for the Arts website. His honors and awards include a Guggenheim fellowship, the Annual Achievement Award from the National Hispanic Academy of Arts and Sciences, an honorary Doctor of Literature degree from Amherst College, and the Nicholas E. Davies Memorial Scholar Award from the American College of Physicians for outstanding humanism in medicine.