Dr Eric Topol and Dr Robert Harrington interview Dr Abraham Verghese about his fiction writing methods and Oprah's enthusiasm for his latest novel.

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Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape

Abraham Verghese, MD, Physician, author, and educator; Professor and Vice Chair, Theory & Practice of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California

The Covenant of Water, Abraham Verghese, MD; https://www.abrahamverghese.org/books/

Robert A. Harrington, MD, Arthur L. Bloomfield Professor; Chair, Department of Medicine, Stanford University; Chair, Department of Medicine, Stanford Medical Center, Stanford, California

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