Emma MathesDr. Harpham received her medical degree from the University of Rochester and trained in internal medicine at University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston and Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas. Seven years after opening her solo practice, she deeloped cancer and began writing and speaking about serious illness. The demands and effects of ongoing treatment eventually forced her to retire from clinical medicine. She's continued caring for patients by writing, lecturing, serving as a consultant and patient advocate on the local and national levels, and guiding and supporting patients and families who have contacted her. In addition to authoring 8 books (including two children's books and one book for clinicians), oncology textbook chapters (on late effects and survivorship) and many articles, she writes an award-winning regular column in Oncology Times, View from the Other Side of the Stethoscope. Dr. Harpham travels coast-to-coast and internationally, delivering keynotes to medical audiences on healing clinician-patient bonds, narrowing the gap between actual and ideal care, and preserving compassion in modern medicine. In lectures to survivors and families, she advocates for science and healing clinician-patient bonds. She's been a leader in discussing rearing children when a parent has cancer, post-treatment fatigue, managing uncertainty and nourishing healing hopes. An adjunct professor at University of Texas at Dallas, Dr. Harpham co-teaches an honors seminar (Medicine, Politics and Philosophy) every semester and mentors premedical students one-on-one and through workshops and lectures. Her work led to her induction into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame and numerous prestigious awards. Read More Read Less