Hi, I'm Dr. Amy Robbins and welcome to life, death, and the space between podcast.

I'm a licensed clinical psychologist and medium and here we explore life, death, consciousness,

and what it all means. If you are new to the podcast or haven't had an opportunity yet to rate and review it,

if you could do that, I would be greatly appreciative for that.

And I am also greatly appreciative to welcome back Dr. Sunita Puri to the podcast.

The reason I'm welcoming her back is because I taped her once before and screwed up

the recording. So she's back today. Dr. Sunitha Puri is the medical director of the Palaeative

Medicine Service at Keck Hospital and Norris Cancer Center of the University of Southern California,

where she also serves as the chair of the Essex Committee. Sunita is the University of Southern California, where she also serves as the chair of the Essex

Committee. Sunita is the author of That Good Night, Life and Medicine in the 11th Hour,

a critically acclaimed literary memoir examining her journey to the practice of palliative care

medicine and her quest to help patients and families

redefine what it means to live and die well in the face of serious illness. Sunitha received

her writing residences at the McDowell Colony Ucross Foundation and Mesa Refuge and was a finalist for the Penn Center's

Emerging Voices Writing Fellowship. The recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship, her writing has appeared in the

New York Times, the LA Times, Slate, and the Journal of the American Medical Association.

In 2018, she was awarded the Etzheim Tree of Life Award from the USC School of Medicine,

awarded annually to a member of the faculty who, in the eyes of the campus community, models

and provides humanistic and compassionate care.

Wow, quite a resume.

Welcome back.

Thanks so much for having me, Amy.

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