Dr. Abraham Verghese is the Linda R. Meier and Joan F. Lane Provostial Professor and Vice Chair for the Theory and Practice of Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine. | Photo: Courtesy AAEP

In the age of modern medicine and technology, renowned physician, educator, and best-selling author Abraham Verghese, MD, fears doctors have begun to neglect the patient in front of them and, instead, treat the “iPatient” on the screen.

On Sunday, Dec. 2, at the American Association of Equine Practitioners’ 2018 Convention in San Francisco, California, Verghese will use his keynote lecture, “A Doctor’s Touch,” to address the importance of the physical examination in modern medicine.

The presentation, sponsored by Merck Animal Health, will align equine medicine with human medicine as Verghese explains his vision of humanistic medicine: care grounded in caring and the sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship