In his written work, he refers to his time working as an orderly in a hospital in America as deeply influential in confirming his desire to finish his medical training the experience had given him a deep understanding of the patient's hospital situation with its varying levels of treatment and care. Verghese worked as an orderly for a year before going to India where he completed his medical studies at Madras Medical College in Madras, now Chennai. He came to America with his parents and two brothers (his elder brother George Verghese is an engineering professor at MIT and his younger brother Phil Verghese is a Staff Software Engineer at Google). Verghese began his medical training in Ethiopia, but his education was interrupted during the civil unrest there when the Emperor was deposed and a Marxist military government took over. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. In 2014, Verghese received the 19th Annual Heinz Award in the Arts and Humanities. Over a decade later, his new novel The Covenant of Water is set to be published in May 2023 by Grove Atlantic. It remained on The New York Times list for well over two years. In 2010, Random House published the paperback version of the book and it rose on the bestseller charts, achieving a rank of #2 on The New York Times trade paperback fiction list on March 13, 2011.
In 2009, Knopf published his first novel, Cutting for Stone. He was born in Ethiopia to Christian parents from Kerala, India, who worked as teachers. He is the co-host with Eric Topol of the podcast Medscape Medicine and the Machine. He received the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama in 2015. In 2011, he was elected to be a member of the Institute of Medicine. He is also the author of three best-selling books: two memoirs and one novel. My Own Country, The Tennis Partner, Cutting for StoneĪbraham Verghese (born 1955) is an American physician, author, Professor for the Theory and Practice of Medicine at Stanford University Medical School and Senior Associate Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine.
Madras Medical College, Madras, now Chennai
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