Doctor and Patient: Lost in Translation

Pauline W. Chen, a liver transplant and liver cancer surgeon, is the author of Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality, a New York Times bestseller. Dr. Chen graduated from Harvard University and Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, completing her surgical training at Yale University, the National Cancer Institute (NIH), and UCLA, where she was most recently a faculty member in the Department of Surgery. In 1999, she was named UCLA Outstanding Physician of the Year. She has been nominated for a National Magazine Award, has written for numerous publications, including The New York Times, and speaks regularly to medical and general audiences across the country.

A gifted computer scientist by profession, but a philosopher by inclination, Jonathan J. King was above all a humanist with a deep concern for the dignity of individuals. Jonathan King died of cancer on April 8, 1991, at the age of 41. This lectureship was established in his honor, to encourage the compassionate and humane care of all patients.

Speaker: Dr. Pauline Chen