Stephen Post, PhD
An opinion leader and public speaker, Stephen G. Post, Ph.D. is the best-selling author of Why Good Things Happen to Good People: How to Live a Longer, Happier, Healthier Life by the Simple Act of Giving. He was quoted in over 4000 newspapers and magazines, including Parade Magazine, “O” Magazine,” and US News & World Report, and was on many TV shows including The Daily Show. Post told us that being kind is good for our happiness, health, and resiliency and that compassion improves patient outcomes and clinician well-being. He addressed the U.S. Congress on volunteerism and public health and received the Pioneer Medal for Outstanding Leadership in HealthCare from the HealthCare Chaplaincy Network, and the Kama Book Award in Medical Humanities from World Literacy Canada. The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer’s Disease was named a “medical classic of the century” by the British Medical Journal. He taught at the University of Chicago Medical School, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University (2008-present), where he is Founding Director of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics. He was elected to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the New York Academy of Medicine, and the Royal Society of Medicine, London. His new book is God and Love on Route 80: The Hidden Mystery of Human Connectedness. Please visit him at www.StephenGPost.com and UnlimitedLoveInstitute.org
