Abraham Verghese

Quick Facts

Full Name	Abraham Verghese
Occupation	Physician
Date Of Birth	May 30, 1955(1955-05-30)
Age	69
Birthplace	Addis Ababa
Country	Ethiopia
Horoscope	Gemini

Abraham Verghese Biography

Abraham Verghese is one of the most popular and richest Physician who was born on May 30, 1955 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

After finishing his medical degree (MBBS) from Madras University in 1979, and then completing his internship there, he came to the United States as one of hundreds of foreign medical graduates (FMGs) from India seeking open residency positions. As he described it in a New Yorker article, “The Cowpath to America”, many FMGs often had to work in the less popular hospitals and communities, and frequently in inner cities. He opted for a residency in a brand-new program in Johnson City, Tennessee, affiliated with East Tennessee State University. He was a resident there from 1980 to 1983, and then secured a coveted fellowship at Boston University School of Medicine in 1983, where he worked for two years at Boston City Hospital and where he saw the early signs of the urban epidemic of HIV in that city. Returning to Johnson City in 1985 as assistant professor of medicine (he later became a tenured associate professor there), he encountered the first signs of a second epidemic, that of rural AIDS. His work with the patients he cared for and his insights into his personal transformation from being “homoignorant”, as he describes it, to having an understanding of his patients resulted a few years later in his first book, My Own Country.

Exhausted from the overwhelming nature of his work with his patients, with his first marriage under strain and by then having begun to write seriously, he decided to take a break. He applied to and was accepted to the Iowa Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa. He cashed in his retirement plan and his tenured position to go to Iowa City with his young family. There, he honed his writing skills and earned a Master of Fine Arts in 1991. After Iowa, he accepted a position as Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center in El Paso, Texas, where he lived for the next 11 years. Despite his title, he was the sole infectious disease physician for a busy county hospital—Thomason Hospital—for many years. His skills and commitment to patient care resulted in his being awarded the Grover E. Murray Distinguished Professorship of Medicine at the Texas Tech School of Medicine.

Abraham Verghese Net Worth

Abraham Verghese is one of the richest Physician from Ethiopia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Abraham Verghese 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Abraham 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. He is also the author of three best-selling books, two memoirs and a novel. In 2011, he was elected to be a member of the Institute of Medicine. He received the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama in 2015.

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Who is Abraham Verghese Dating?

According to our records, Abraham Verghese married to Sylvia Verghese. As of December 1, 2023, Abraham Verghese’s is not dating anyone.

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He was born in Ethiopia to Christian parents from Kerala, India, who worked as teachers. In 2009, Knopf published his new book and first novel, Cutting for Stone. In 2010, Random House published the paperback version of the book and since that time, it has risen steadily up the bestseller charts, ranking #2 on The New York Times trade paperback fiction list on March 13, 2011. It has been on The New York Times list for well over two years. In 2014, Verghese received the 19th Annual Heinz Award in the Arts and Humanities.

Facts & Trivia

Adrien Ranked on the list of most popular Physician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ethiopia. Abraham Verghese celebrates birthday on May 30 of every year.

Is Cutting for Stone a true story?

“Cutting for Stone” is fiction but borrows liberally from Verghese’s life experiences. It tells the story of twin brothers who are born in Missing, an Ethiopian hospital, into shocking and tragic circumstances.

What is Abraham Verghese doing now?

Abraham Verghese, MD, MACP, is Professor and Linda R. Meier and Joan F. Lane Provostial Professor, and Vice Chair for the Theory and Practice of Medicine at the School of Medicine at Stanford University.

What did Abraham Verghese write?

Verghese is the author of the best-selling novel “Cutting for Stone” and two memoirs, “My Own Country” and “The Tennis Partner.”

How old is Abraham Verghese?

67 years (May 30, 1955)

Is the tennis partner a true story?

The Tennis Partner is the second of Abraham Verghese’s books. Published in 1999, when he was a physician practicing internal medicine in El Paso, Texas, this is an autobiographical memoir , and Abraham Verghese writes of his experience moving to El Paso in the midst of an unraveling marriage.