This chapter profiles Dr. Rana Awdish, a pulmonary and critical care physician whose near-death experience transformed her understanding of medicine and patient care (Awdish R, About. Rana Awdish MD. https://www.ranaawdishmd.com/about-5 , n.d.; The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, Rana Awdish, MD. https://www.theschwartzcenter.org/finalists/rana-awdish-md/ , 2017). After graduating from Wayne State University School of Medicine (2002) and completing internal medicine residency at Mount Sinai Beth Israel (2002–2005), she pursued a pulmonary and critical care fellowship at Henry Ford Hospital (2005–2008) (Henry Ford Health, Rana Awdish, MD. https://www.henryford.com/physician-directory/a/awdish-rana , n.d.). On her fellowship’s final day in 2008, while 7 months pregnant, she suffered a ruptured hepatic adenoma causing catastrophic hemorrhage, multi-organ failure, and loss of her baby (Awdish R, In shock: my journey from death to recovery and the redemptive power of hope. St. Martin’s Press, New York, 2017). Her months-long recovery revealed medicine’s systemic failures in acknowledging patient suffering (Henry Ford Health, Rana Awdish, MD. https://www.henryford.com/physician-directory/a/awdish-rana , n.d.; Awdish R, In shock: my journey from death to recovery and the redemptive power of hope. St. Martin’s Press, New York, 2017). In 2012, she founded the CLEAR communication program at Henry Ford, becoming Medical Director of Care Experience (Awdish R, About. Rana Awdish MD. https://www.ranaawdishmd.com/about-5 , n.d.; The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, Rana Awdish, MD. https://www.theschwartzcenter.org/finalists/rana-awdish-md/ , 2017). Her 2018 memoir “In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope,” became a Los Angeles Times bestseller and required reading in medical schools nationwide. Dr. Awdish continues practicing pulmonary critical care while advocating for compassionate, relationship-based medicine through writing, speaking, and her forthcoming book “After Shock” (2026) (Henry Ford Health, Rana Awdish, MD. https://www.henryford.com/physician-directory/a/awdish-rana , n.d.; Awdish R, After shock. Macmillan. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250345837/aftershock/, 2026).

Rana Awdish, MD

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Ogochukwu M. Cox

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This chapter profiles Dr. Rana Awdish, a pulmonary and critical care physician whose near-death experience transformed her understanding of medicine and patient care (Awdish R, About. Rana Awdish MD. https://www.ranaawdishmd.com/about-5 , n.d.; The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, Rana Awdish, MD. https://www.theschwartzcenter.org/finalists/rana-awdish-md/ , 2017). After graduating from Wayne State University School of Medicine (2002) and completing internal medicine residency at Mount Sinai Beth Israel (2002–2005), she pursued a pulmonary and critical care fellowship at Henry Ford Hospital (2005–2008) (Henry Ford Health, Rana Awdish, MD. https://www.henryford.com/physician-directory/a/awdish-rana , n.d.). On her fellowship’s final day in 2008, while 7 months pregnant, she suffered a ruptured hepatic adenoma causing catastrophic hemorrhage, multi-organ failure, and loss of her baby (Awdish R, In shock: my journey from death to recovery and the redemptive power of hope. St. Martin’s Press, New York, 2017). Her months-long recovery revealed medicine’s systemic failures in acknowledging patient suffering (Henry Ford Health, Rana Awdish, MD. https://www.henryford.com/physician-directory/a/awdish-rana , n.d.; Awdish R, In shock: my journey from death to recovery and the redemptive power of hope. St. Martin’s Press, New York, 2017). In 2012, she founded the CLEAR communication program at Henry Ford, becoming Medical Director of Care Experience (Awdish R, About. Rana Awdish MD. https://www.ranaawdishmd.com/about-5 , n.d.; The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, Rana Awdish, MD. https://www.theschwartzcenter.org/finalists/rana-awdish-md/ , 2017). Her 2018 memoir “In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope,” became a Los Angeles Times bestseller and required reading in medical schools nationwide. Dr. Awdish continues practicing pulmonary critical care while advocating for compassionate, relationship-based medicine through writing, speaking, and her forthcoming book “After Shock” (2026) (Henry Ford Health, Rana Awdish, MD. https://www.henryford.com/physician-directory/a/awdish-rana , n.d.; Awdish R, After shock. Macmillan. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250345837/aftershock/, 2026).