Christina Puchalski, M.D.

Executive Summary

• Associate Professor of Medicine Healthcare Sciences - George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.
• Founder and Director - The George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health (GWish), Washington, D.C.   www.gwish.org
• Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry - UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
• Master of Science, Biology - UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
• Doctor of Medicine - George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.
• Adjunct Scientist - National Institutes of Health, Bethseda, MD
• Pioneer and Leader in curriculum development in Spirituality and Health
• Through her work, over 75% of medical schools teach courses in spirituality and health.
• Clinical practice in internal medicine and geriatrics - George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
• Widely published author - The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Washington Times, as well as peer-review journals.
• Guest appearances - Good Morning America, ABC World NewsTonight, NBC Nightly News
• Author and Editor - “Time for Listening and Caring: Spirituality and the Care of the Seriously Ill and Dying”  (Forward written by His Holiness, The Dalai Lama.
• Internationally Renown Speaker/Presenter
• Recipient - AAMC and Pfizer's Award for The Medical Humanities Initiative and the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey's Faculty Humanism in Medicine Award.

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