Physician Writers
![Samuel Shem Arts & Resilience](https://med.uth.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Shem-1.jpg)
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McGovern Medical School welcomed internationally recognized author Samuel Shem as part of the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics Arts & Resilience Program, March 7. Shem, the pen name of Stephen Bergman, MD, PhD, is a novelist, playwright, essayist, and activist.