Helping people live between office visits: An interview with Bernie Siegel, MD. Interview by Sheldon Lewis

Bernie Siegel, MD, was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Colgate University and Cornell University Medical College. Dr Siegel trained as a surgeon at Yale New Haven Hospital, West Haven Veteran's Hospital, and the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. He was an assistant clinical professor of surgery in general and pediatric surgery at Yale University School of Medicine. In 1978, Dr Siegel founded Exceptional Cancer Patients (ECaP) using a group therapy approach aimed at personal empowerment, transformation, and lifestyle changes. He is the best-selling author of Love, Medicine and Miracles (HarperCollins, 1986); Peace, Love, and Healing: Bodymind Communication and the Path to Self-Healing (HarperCollins, 1989); and How to Live Between Office Visits (HarperCollins, 1992), among others. He retired from Yale in 1989 to continue to write and speak to patients and their caregivers. Dr Siegel recently spoke with the editor in chief of Advances, Sheldon Lewis.