The Kern Institute Welcomes
Rana Awdish, MD

Author of best-selling book In Shock,
MCW's 2019 Common Read Book

Please join us for a Grand Rounds presentation by best-selling author Rana Awdish, MD. Dr. Awdish is the Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and a Critical Care Physician. She also serves as Medical Director of Care Experience for the Henry Ford Health System. Dr. Awdish’s mandate, as well as her passion, is to improve the patient experience across the system.

After suffering a sudden critical illness herself in 2008, she has become a tireless activist, refocusing her fellow providers on the patient experience and improving empathy through connection and communication. She lectures to physicians, hospital leadership and medical schools around the country. 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. It is also an LA Times Bestseller. Rana Awdish has written for Harvard Business Review, the Huffington Post, as well as the New England Journal of Medicine.

All faculty, students, and staff are welcome to join us.

To live stream the presentation, please register to attend by clicking "Register Now" below, and then use the link here to view the live stream on April 18th.