Jerome Groopman Quote

To hope under the most extreme circumstances is an act of defiance that permits a person to live his life on his own terms. It is part of the human spirit to endure and give a miracle a chance to happen.

Jerome Groopman

To hope under the most extreme circumstances is an act of defiance that permits a person to live his life on his own terms. It is part of the human spirit to endure and give a miracle a chance to happen.

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About Jerome Groopman

Jerome E. Groopman has been a staff writer in medicine and biology for The New Yorker since 1998.
He is the Dina and Raphael Recanati Chair of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Chief of Experimental Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and author of five books, all written for a general audience.
He has published some 150 scientific articles and has written several op-ed pieces on medicine for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The New Republic.