Rachel Naomi Remen, MD: The Will to Live and Other Mysteries September 7, 2012

Despite its scientific power, medicine is a front row seat on Mystery. Rachel Naomi Remen, MD - physician, bestselling author and storyteller - will share stories drawn from her 50 years of doctoring as well as her own experience with life threatening illness to remind us that Life is larger than science.

Dr. Remen is Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at UCSF School of Medicine. She is a pioneer of holistic medicine, and her bestselling books of stories titled Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal and My Grandfather's Table: Stories of Strength, Refuge and Belonging are published in 21 languages. Her nationwide training programs and presentations remind physicians, medical students and other health professionals that the practice of medicine is essentially an act of love.

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