Eric Cassell

Professor Emeritus of Public Health at Will School of Medicine at Cornell University, Professor of Medicine at McGill University School of Medicine, and Professor of Medical Humanity at Baylor University. Founder of The Hastings Center. Currently, Professor Emeritus of Public Health at Will School of Medicine at Cornell University, ranked 18th in the 2018 QS Best Medical Schools in the United States, and Professor of Medicine at McGill University's top doctoral medical university in Canada, Baylor University ranked 21st as a professor of medical humanities in the 2018 QS Best Medical Schools in the United States, and New York Presbyterian Hospital ranked among the top ten attending physicians in the comprehensive ranking of the best hospitals in the United States. Member of the National Academy of Medicine and an expert at the American Medical Association. From 1997 to 2001, he served as a member of the National Bioethics Advisory Committee to the President of the United States. Doctor of Medicine, School of Medicine, New York University., Eric has conducted extensive research on medical ethics, doctor-patient communication, death care, and the essence of pain, and has published many related books, such as The Nature of Suffering And The Goals of Medicine, The Healers Art, and others. His series of books on communication between doctors and patients, titled \Talking With Patients: The Theory of Doctor Patient Communication\ and \Talking With Patients: ClinicalTechnique,\ consists of two volumes. In these two books, he analyzes doctor-patient communication issues and demonstrates how doctors use language to bring maximum benefits to patients. Eric emphasizes that patients are complex and constantly changing, and their conditions are physiological, But patients are also social, and their expressions reflect their own condition very well. He proposed that learning the art of listening and speaking is the best way to use language in medicine., Eric is also a founding academician of The Hastings Center, which was established in 1969 as the world's first bioethics research institution, studying ethical issues that arise in medicine and life science practice. This is a non-profit organization with numerous researchers from various disciplines, including philosophy, law, political science, and education, engaged in research on thorny issues such as population health, aging, and end-of-life care, as well as the risks and benefits of new technologies.