



Rana Awdish has written for Harvard Business Review, the Huffington Post, as well as the New England Journal of Medicine. Her book, In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope, has been featured in the Washington Post, the Times, the BBC, NPR, Huffington Post, Today show online, the Telegraph, and the Daily Mail. She lectures to physicians, hospital leadership and medical schools around the country. Her book has been integrated into the curriculum of medical schools and universities across the United States and Europe. Awdish has devoted much of her career to improving empathy through connection and communication. Awdish’s mandate as well as her passion is to improve the patient experience across the system.Īfter suffering a sudden critical illness herself, Dr. She also serves as Medical Director of Care Experience for the Henry Ford Health System. Awdish is the Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and a Critical Care Physician. All faculty, students and staff are invited to attend.ĭr. The event will be held in the HRC Auditorium from 9:00-10:00 am. Please join us on Thursday, April 18, for a Grand Rounds presentation by Rana Awdish, MD, best-selling author of In Shock, which was selected as MCW’s inaugural Common Read Book.
