He directs the Center for Communication and Disparities Research and co-directs the Dean’s Teaching Fellowship program and Mindful Practice Programs at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. A graduate of Wesleyan University and Harvard Medical School, Dr. Epstein is a recipient of lifetime achievement awards relating to communication and humanism, a Fulbright fellowship in Barcelona and fellowships at the University of Sydney and the Brocher Institute in Geneva. He has published over 250 articles and book chapters, including four of the 50 most widely-cited articles in medical education in the past 100 years. His first book, Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness and Humanity, was released in January 2017.