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"Dr. Shapiro was amazing!!! He did a fantastic job and all of the physicians in attendance were extremely complimentary." -- Melissa Shay, St. Joseph Health System, Bryan, TX
“Shapiro is a triple threat: a psychologist who has been both a cancer patient and the spouse of a patient. He brings these perspectives to this terrifically helpful book that will assist couples as they face the challenges of serious illness. Lucid, practical, and informed by research and interviews with patients and their spouses, Shapiro provides a blueprint for managing the illness and succeeding as a couple.”— Andrew Weil, MD, author of 8 Weeks to Optimum Health and Spontaneous Happiness
Psychologist, Physician Burnout Speaker
Dan Shapiro, PhD, is a psychologist, cancer survivor speaker and has also been caregiver to wife with breast cancer. Currently, he specializes in healing physician burnout.
He currently directs the Chartis Center for Burnout Solutions and focuses his professional efforts on improving the day-to-day work lives of health professionals. A psychologist and former medical school professor and Vice Dean, Shapiro trained at the University of Florida and Harvard Medical School. His writings about the patient experience and physician-patient relationships have appeared in the New York Times, the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Proceedings of the National Academies of Science and NPR’s All Things Considered.
Shapiro has written three books, Moms Marijuana, about his personal cancer experience, (It has now been translated into Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian) and a second memoir, Delivering Doctor Amelia, which focused on his psychological treatment of a physician. His third book, And in Health, about couples facing cancer was released in May, 2013 and featured in the New York Times soon after. It won a National Book Award from the Independent Book Publishers of America in 2014 (Gold Medal). He has also worked as a consultant to the ABC hit television shows Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice, How to Get Away with Murder, and on-camera for the Discovery, National Geographic, and FYI channels.
He speaks widely to groups of patients and health professionals and his talks are typically described as moving and laugh-out-loud funny.
Most Popular Topics:
The Tinman Syndrome: Physician Burnout and Resilience
Ideal for health professionals, this funny, interactive and engaging talk uses case studies, data, and personal planning to address front-line burnout. Burnout rates continue to spike, driven by a tangle of systems issues. Unfortunately, the consequences can be serious and include reductions in safety, patient satisfaction, physician wellness and worsened turnover. Drawing on his experience as a psychologist who treated physicians and as the current Vice Dean at the Penn State College of Medicine, this talk engages participants in a solution-focused approach to recognizing symptoms and constructing resilience improvement plans.
