About Dr. Harpham

Wendy Harpham is a doctor of internal medicine, 33-year cancer survivor, best-selling author and nationally recognized speaker. She has devoted her career to helping patients get good care and live as fully as possible.

Born, raised and educated in New York, she moved to Texas in 1979 to complete her post-graduate training in internal medicine. In 1983, she opened a solo practice at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, where she developed teaching tools to educate her patients about their illnesses and treatments.

In 1990, she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. When ongoing illness forced Dr. Harpham to stop practicing medicine and redefine her career, she turned to writing and speaking as ways to continue to educate, comfort and inspire patients. In addition to her groundbreaking books and articles, Dr. Harpham has been writing a popular and award-winning regular column for Oncology Times, “View from the Other Side of the Stethoscope.” 

For years, she was an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), where she co-taught "Medicine, Politics and Philosophy," as well as mentors premedical students and offers workshops, "Writing a Personal Statement " (for grad school and scholarship applications).

After many courses of treatment, including investigational drugs received in three clinical trials, Dr. Harpham’s lymphoma has remained in remission. Aftereffects and late effects have prevented her from returning to clinical medicine. In her free time, she enjoys reading, classical music, visits with her children and three grandchildren, and time with her husband, Ted.

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