![]() His list of publications, on the other hand, continues to grow. Verghese’s summary of research interests remains blank on his faculty web page. Verghese’s paper trail included, instead, a long list of essays, short stories and two much-praised memoirs, one of which was made into a movie starring Naveen Andrews of Lost. It was, department of medicine chair Ralph Horwitz readily acknowledges, an unusual tenured appointment for an institution that typically evaluates a paper trail of research grants and publications to hire or promote. Stanford promised Verghese the dual offices and two days a week to write when it hired him last year as senior associate chair for the theory and practice of medicine and put him in charge of training third- and fourth-year students as they rotate through internal medicine. He jokes that he’ll be forced to eliminate anyone who uncovers its location. It’s only slightly more personal than a motel room, a space devoted to nothing but writing. His secret office bears someone else’s name outside. His main office in the department of medicine contains the medical handbooks, the imposing desk, the ready assistant who copes with the physician’s complicated schedule. ![]() ![]() ![]() It takes Abraham Verghese only a few minutes to stroll from his public office to his secret one. ![]()
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