36th Annual Jonathan J. King Lecture: Dr. Bryant Lin & Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider
The Girand Center for Biomedical Ethics is pleased to announce this year’s speaker, Dr. Bryant Lin, in conversation with Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider, for the 36th Annual Jonathan J. King Lecture.
We invite you to join us on Thursday, November 5 at 5:30pm PT in the Cedar Room at the Stanford Faculty Club or via livestream for My Cancer Journey: Happiness and Sadness, Hope and Fear.
In this talk, Dr. Lin will share a candid and deeply personal reflection on living with terminal cancer. As a leading researcher, cancer advocate, and patient, he brings a rare perspective to the realities of serious illness, clinical care, hope, and what it means to live fully in the face of uncertainty. Joining Dr. Lin is Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider, a physician, journalist, producer, and leading voice in compassionate, patient-centered care. Together, Dr. Lin and Dr. Ungerleider will explore the emotional and practical dimensions of a cancer diagnosis—including fear, purpose, relationships, and the ways we navigate life-limiting illness with honesty and humanity.
Special book launch opportunity: In-person attendees will have the opportunity to purchase signed copies of Dr. Lin’s new book, Sunshine: An Exploration of Living When You Are Dying, releasing November 10. Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will also be served following the program.
We hope to see you there!
About the speakers
Bryant Lin, MD, MEng is a primary care physician, educator and researcher. The cornerstone of Dr. Lin's work is keeping medicine focused on humans - patients, providers, families and trainees - and not lost in technology and algorithms. His research and educational interests span (1) Developing and testing novel medical technologies, (2) Improving the health of Asian populations with Precision and Population Health, and (3) Increasing expression and interconnections in the Health Community with the Humanities and Arts. In 2018, he co-founded and currently co-directs, with Dr. Latha Palaniappan, the Center for Asian Health Research and Education (CARE) which aims to improve the health of Asians everywhere. In 2021, Dr. Lin was appointed the Director of Medical Humanities and Arts at Stanford Medicine. In 2024, he was diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung Cancer and started a medical school class based on his experience receiving national media attention including from the New York Times and CBS Morning. He is the author of the upcoming book "Sunshine: An Exploration of Living When You Are Dying".
Shoshana Ungerleider, MD, is an internal medicine physician, journalist, producer, and leading voice on end-of-life care and the future of healthcare. She is the founder and board president of the End Well Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to making end of life a part of life, and is the host and producer of the TED Health and Before We Go podcasts. Dr. Ungerleider is a frequent medical expert on CNN, MSNBC, and CBS News, and her writing has appeared in TIME, USA Today, Newsweek, Slate, Scientific American, The Hill, and many others. She was named to the San Francisco Business Times 40 Under 40. In film, she has supported projects that bring greater visibility and humanity to serious illness, death, and dying. She executive produced Netflix’s Oscar-nominated documentary End Game, supported the Oscar-nominated documentary Extremis, and executive produced Last Train Home and Robin’s Wish, a documentary about the final years of actor and comedian Robin Williams. She serves as secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Sutter Health CPMC Foundation and on the advisory boards of the Providence Institute for Human Caring and JScreen.