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Education<\/strong>
\nB.A. Wesleyan University. Middletown, CT. English. 1971.<\/p>\n

Academic Publications<\/strong>
\nButler, Katy and Sunita Puri, MD. \u201cDeathbed Shock: Causes and Cures.\u201d (Commentary.) JAMA-Internal Medicine, Volume 174, No. 1, January 2014.<\/p>\n

Presentations and Grand Rounds (Selected)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Presenter, Psychotherapy Networker Symposium. Washington D.C. Mar. 20 \u2013 23, 2014.
\n\u2022 Grand Rounds, Department of Medicine, Temple University. Philadelphia, PA. Mar. 19, 2014.
\n\u2022 Grand Rounds, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University. Philadelphia, PA. Mar. 19, 2014.
\n\u2022 Presentation for 750 Kaiser Permanente staff on advance care planning (Life Care Planning). March 1, 2014. Oakland, California.
\n\u2022 Conference for the Lown Institute: \u201cFrom Avoidable Care to Right Care,\u201d Boston, MA. Featured Speaker. December 3, 2013.
\n\u2022 Vitas Hospice. Talk to Chaplains and Team Managers. November 18, 2013. Milpitas, California.
\n\u2022 Metta Institute. Teleconference Presenter. November 13, 2013.
\n\u2022 \u201cCan We Talk?\u201d Grand Rounds for Geriatrics, Cardiology and Medical Humanities at UC Medical Center, San Francisco, CA. October 30, 2013.
\n\u2022 New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care. Guest Lecture. September 26, 2013.
\n\u2022 UCSF Memory and Aging Center. \u201cWriting the Medical Essay.\u201d Guest Lecture. Summer 2013.
\n\u2022 Harvard Medical School. All first year students. \u201cOne Family\u2019s Story:\u201d Guest lecture on bioethics and shared medical decision-making near the end of life. Winter 2011.
\n\u2022 Childrens Hospital, Boston. Presentation on shared medical decision-making near the end of life. Winter 2011.
\n\u2022 Ochsner Clinics Inaugural Bioethics Grand Rounds. Keynote speaker. Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA. November 2010.
\n\u2022 John Muir Medical Center. Grand Rounds, Concord, CA. Winter 2011.
\n\u2022 Talks and readings at bookstores and libraries across the U.S. Fall 2013.<\/p>\n

Non-Academic Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n

Books<\/strong>
\n\u2022 \u201cKnocking on Heaven\u2019s Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death.\u201d Scribner, \u00a92013. Named a Notable Book of the Year by The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Medscape, et al.
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Selected Newspaper Articles<\/strong>
\n\u2022 \u201cWhy Few of Us Get to Die Peacefully at Home.\u201d Op-Ed. The Seattle Times, September 16, 2013.
\n\u2022 \u201cThe Ultimate End-of-Life Plan.\u201dThe Wall Street Journal, September 6, 2013.
\n\u2022 \u201cWhat Broke My Father\u2019s Heart: How A Pacemaker Wrecked Our Family\u2019s Life.\u201d The New York Times, June 18, 2010.
\n\u2022 \u201cThe Grim Neurology of Teenage Drinking.\u201d The New York Times, July 4, 2006.
\n\u2022 \u201cMany Couples Must Negotiate Terms of \u201cBrokeback\u201d Marriage,\u201d The New York Times, March 7, 2006.
\n\u2022 \u201cBeyond Rivalry, a Hidden World of Sibling Violence.\u201d The New York Times, February 28, 2006.<\/p>\n

Selected Magazine Articles<\/strong>
\n\u2022 \u201cPrivate Lives\u201d (Blessings Column). Good Housekeeping, October 2013.
\n\u2022 \u201cA Brief History of Psychotherapy.\u201d Psychotherapy Networker, March\/April 2012.
\n\u2022 \u201cThe New Grief.\u201d Psychotherapy Networker, July\/August 2011.
\n\u2022 \u201cThe Good Daughter: Becoming the Family Caregiver.\u201d More Magazine, April 6, 2009.
\n\u2022 \u201cHow to Access Your Inner Calm.\u201d More Magazine, September 2008.
\n\u2022 \u201cBeing There.\u201d Psychotherapy Networker, Sept\/October 2007.
\n\u2022 \u201cMy Life as a House.\u201d More Magazine. February 2005.
\n\u2022 \u201cResearching PTSD: The Biology of Fear.\u201d Psychotherapy Networker, July\/Aug 1996.
\n\u2022 \u201cWhen Therapy Does Harm.\u201d Psychotherapy Networker, Nov\/Dec 1992.
\n\u2022 \u201cThe Talk of the Town,\u201d articles in The New Yorker: \u201cDevotion.\u201d August 29, 1988; \u201cVibration.\u201d December 12, 1988; \u201cIssan Dorsey.\u201d June 13, 1988; \u201cValentine.\u201d February 29, 1988; Notes and Comment: The AIDS Quilt.\u201d October 5, 1987.<\/p>\n

Teaching<\/strong>
\n\u2022 \u201cStraw Into Gold:The Alchemy of Memoir.\u201d Five-day writing workshop held annually at Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA. 2001 \u2013 present.
\n\u2022 \u201cThe Great Leap Forward: Shaping Complex Topics into Compelling Stories.\u201d Workshop at Annual Conference, Association of Health Care Journalists. Boston, MA. March 14, 2013.
\n\u2022 Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism, sponsored by The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. Panelist and teacher on memoir, science writing, and narrative non-fiction. Winter 2009 and 2010.
\n\u2022 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium, Washington D.C. Workshop presenter, March 1995 \u2013 present.
\n\u2022 \u201cThe Craft of Feature Writing.\u201d University of California at Berkeley Extension Program. Onesemester course. Winter, 2002.
\n\u2022 \u201cAwakening the Writer Within.\u201d Workshops, Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA. 2005 \u2013 2009.<\/p>\n

Awards and Honors (Selected)<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Finalist, \u201cBooks for a Better Life\u201d Award. Spring 2014. Multiple Sclerosis Society of NY.
\n\u2022 First Place, \u201cScience in Society\u201d Prize, National Association of Science Writers. 2011.
\n\u2022 First Place, National Healthcare Journalism, Association of Health Care Journalists, 2011.
\n\u2022 Finalist, National Magazine Award for Personal Service, 2004.
\n\u2022 Honorary Master of Arts Degree from Wesleyan University. Middletown, CT. 1981.
\n\u2022 Writing Residencies at Blue Mountain Center, Mesa Refuge, and Hedgebrook Foundation.
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Employment<\/strong>
\n\u2022 The San Francisco Bay Guardian. Staff Reporter. 1972 \u2013 1978
\n\u2022 The San Francisco Chronicle. Staff Reporter and Relief Assistant City Editor. 1978 \u2013 1990
\n\u2022 Psychotherapy Networker. Washington, D.C. Staff Writer and Features Editor, 1990-2008.<\/p>\n

Featured and Interviewed (Selected Print Publications)<\/strong>
\n\u2022 \u201cThe Rumpus Interview with Katy Butler\u201d by Jody Smiling. The Rumpus. October 30, 2013.
\n\u2022 \u201cCaring For Aging Parents, Even From A Distance.\u201d NY Times (Business Section). November 19, 2013.
\n\u2022 \u201cKaty Butler Describes Path to Better Way of Death,\u201d by Meredith May. San Francisco Chronicle. September 23, 2013.
\n\u2022 \u201cMill Valley\u2019s Butler Questions End-of-life Care in Memoir,\u201d by Vicki Larson. Marin Independent Journal. September 9, 2013.
\n\u2022 \u201cWhy Americans Can\u2019t Die With Dignity\u201d by Zaineb Mohammed. Mother Jones. September 7, 2013.
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Media Appearances: Television and Radio (Selected)<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane, WHYY-FM. Philadelphia, December 17, 2013.
\n\u2022 The Diane Rehm Show distributed by NPR worldwide. Washington, DC. November 11, 2013.
\n\u2022 Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, TN. Live broadcast by CSPAN. October 11, 2013.
\n\u2022 Consider This interview on Al Jazeera America. October 9, 2013.
\n\u2022 The John Gambling Show, WOR-AM 710. New York City, October 1, 2013.
\n\u2022 The Melissa Harris Perry show, MSNBC. \u201cThe Real Cost of Dying.\u201d New York, September 28, 2013.
\n\u2022 The Joy Cardin Show, Wisconsin Public Radio (NPR). September 23, 2013.
\n\u2022 The Roundtable, WAMC Northeast Public Radio. September 9, 2013.
\n\u2022 IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today\u2019s Voices on PRX.
\n\u2022 More than 20 additional NPR regional programs and other media appearances.
\nAffiliations\/Memberships
\n\u2022 National Association of Science Writers (NASW)
\n\u2022 Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ)
\n\u2022 The American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA)
\n\u2022 PEN American Center
\n\u2022 Toastmasters International<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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