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Michael Stein: A Writer Who Can Save Your Life

Michael Stein:  A Writer Who Can Save Your Life

 

 




Introduction to Michael Stein   1:09 min.  Interview:  Raymond Elman.  Post-Production:  Katherine Miranda  Music: Carmen Cicero,  Recorded via Zoom:  10/31/2022, Miami.

 

MICHAEL STEIN, MD,  is a physician, health policy researcher, and thought leader in the field of public health. He currently serves as the Chair and Professor of Health Law, Policy & Management at the Boston University School of Public Health. Prior to his appointment at Boston University, he served as Professor of Medicine and Director of the Behavioral Medicine and Addiction Research at Brown University. For the past three decades, Dr. Stein has produced work that has spanned the topics of sleep and pain, addiction and HIV/AIDS, mental health and behavioral risk-taking, health care access and quality. He has published more than 400 scientific journal articles. In the public space, he has published widely in the lay press, including in the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and the New York Times. His work has been featured on NPR’s “Fresh Air,” in O Magazine and in many other publications.  He is the author of twelve books and the Executive Editor of Public Health Post.

Stein earned a BA from Harvard College and an MD from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.  He is married to the award-winning author Hester Kaplan.  They have two sons.

— https://www.michaelsteinbooks.com

 

The videos below were recorded via Zoom, are organized by Success Factor, and run between 30 seconds and 6 minutes. Click on any video. You must be connected to the Internet to view the videos.

 

 

INSIGHT & INSPIRATION:   2:27 min.




Where did you grow up and what was your first awareness of art of any discipline?

 

UNDERSTANDS THE AUDIENCE’S PERSPECTIVE:   1:35 min.




How will you document your life story and pass it on to your grandchildren?

 

EXPOSURE TO BROAD INFLUENCES:   1:54 min.




When did you start to feel like you had a talent for writing?

 

EXPOSURE TO BROAD INFLUENCES:  1:05 min.




Where did you go to school and how did that lead to you becoming both a physician and a writer?

 

CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND:  2:47 min.




How do your medical colleagues respond to your books, which sometimes examine the pitfalls of the medical profession?

 

INSIGHT & INSPIRATION:  2:30 min.




My dear friend since the age of four is a noted “Hall of Fame” neurosurgeon. Which of your books should I send him first?

 

CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND:  3:21 min.




Give us a brief description of your career paths after graduating from medical school.

 

CRITICAL THINKING:   5:38 min.




As someone leading the School of Public Health at Boston University, what have been your experiences with the Covid 19 pandemic?

 

INSIGHT & INSPIRATION:  1:21 min.




What are you working on now?

 

INSIGHT & INSPIRATION:  2:15




How did marrying into a notable literary family impact you as a writer?

 

CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND:  2:44 min.




There are some well-known writers who were also doctors. Did that fact have any influence on your decision to pursue two careers?

 

CRITICAL THINKING:  2:36 min.




I assume that many patients lie to their doctors because they don’t want to endure the consequences of telling the truth.

 

CRITICAL THINKING:  0:32 sec.




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