Author Abraham Verghese will speak about his new novel, 'The Covenant of Water,' at the Dallas Museum of Art’s Horchow Auditorium on May 9.
Born in Ethiopia to Indian-born parents, Verghese, 67, was presented with a National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama in 2015. His medical career has included stints in Texas, where he spent 11 years as professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center in El Paso.
Verghese left El Paso in 2002 to serve as founding director of the Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He is known for his deep interest in bedside medicine, which led to his recruitment to the Stanford University School of Medicine in 2007.Tickets to the DMA event are $35 for the general public, $30 for DMA members or educators, and $10 for students.
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