Rana Awdish
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Rana Awdish

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Dr. Rana Awdish is the author of In Shock, a landmark medical memoir and the follow-up, After Shock. A sought-after public speaker, she is recognized as a leading voice in the movement to rehumanize healthcare. Her writing has appeared in The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Harvard Business Review, and The Washington Post. Her essay The Shape of the Shore was awarded a Sydney by The New York Times and nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her work has been featured on NPR, BBC, and CNN. In 2020, This American Life documented Detroit’s experience of the COVID-19 pandemic in an episode titled “The Reprieve,” using Dr. Awdish’s audio diary chronicling the frontline experiences of Henry Ford Hospital clinicians. Dr. Awdish has received numerous national honors, including the Schwartz Center’s National Compassionate Caregiver of the Year Award, U.S. News & World Report’s Healthcare Hero distinction, and Press Ganey’s Physician of the Year Award. She has been inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, the Gold Humanism Honor Society, and named a Master of the American College of Physicians. She serves as Clinical Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine and at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. A board-certified physician in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, her clinical focus is Pulmonary Hypertension. Dr. Awdish completed her medical training at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in Manhattan, earned her M.D. from Wayne State University, and her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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    • Release date: 2026-06-16
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