Tait Shanafelt, MD, chief wellness officer at Stanford Medicine and associate dean at Stanford School of Medicine, California. Dr. Shanafelt, a hematologist/oncologist, is a leading researcher in the field of physician wellness. He previously worked at Mayo Clinic. His research on physician burnout has been published in JAMA, The Lancet, Academic Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine and other professional journals.
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