October Narrative Medicine Rounds with author Tom Sleigh

A conversation with author Tom Sleigh, author of Narrative Medicine Rosie: A Memoir of Farewell, A Personal Account of Medical Aid in Dying. Moderated by Assistant Professor of Hospice and Palliative Care, Dr. Michael Nalepa.

Tom Sleigh’s many books include the 2023 Paterson Poetry Prize winner, The King’s Touch, House of Fact, House of Ruin, Station Zed, and Army Cats, all from Graywolf Press. His most recent book of essays is The Land Between Two Rivers: Writing In an Age of Refugees. His awards include a Guggenheim, two NEA grants, Kingsley Tufts Award, Shelley Memorial Award, and both the Updike Award and Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His poems appear in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Threepenny, Poetry, and other magazines. A Distinguished Professor at Hunter College, he lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Dr. Nalepa is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Rutgers University Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey where he also trained as a resident in Internal Medicine. He completed a fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. Prior to studying medicine, Dr. Nalepa earned a Bachelor’s Degree in English and Psychology from Rice University, a Master’s Degree in Communication from Stanford University, and worked in publishing for several years. Dr. Nalepa’s interests include advance care planning; improving communication between patients, families, and medical teams; medical ethics; and narrative medicine.