Rana Awdish

Rana Awdish is an American pulmonologist, author and medical director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program of Henry Ford Hospital. She is best known for her bestselling book In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope.

Awdish was born in Michigan. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Awdish received a Doctor of Medicine degree (MD) from the Wayne State University Medical School in 2002, after which she moved to the New York to complete her training at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in Manhattan. Subsequently, she joined the Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician at the Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit.

After suffering from a sudden critical illness in 2008, Awdish started supporting connected care for patient experience and physicians to prevent burnout and moral distress. She lectures to physicians, hospital leadership and medical schools around the country. In 2012, she started a communication program CLEAR conversation in the Henry Ford Hospital, training the medical residents, fellows and faculty in communication skills for improving conversations. Her book, In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope, is an LA Times Bestseller and has been featured in the Washington Post, NPR, The Today Show, The Times Literary Supplement. The book has been translated into other languages.

• Critical Care Teacher of the Year 2016 Henry Ford Health System
• Press Ganey Physician of the Year 2017
• Schwartz Center's National Compassionate Caregiver of the Year Award in 2017
• 2019 The Ake Grenvik Honorary Award from the Society for Critical Care Medicine.