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Louise Aronson ( born 1963 ) is an American English geriatrician , writer , and professor of
medicine at the University of California , San Francisco ( UCSF ) .Her al-Qur'an Elderhood :
Redefining Aging , Transforming medication , Reimagining lifespan was a finalist for the
2020 Pulitzer swag for General Nonfiction .== ahead of time liveliness and education ==
Aronson was born in San Francisco to father Samuel Aronson and mother Blessed Virgin
Ann Goldman Aronson .She considers her family to live “ secular but decidedly Jewish in
aesthesia , ” and of German and French Jewish filiation .Growing up , she had no intention of
pursuing a medical degree ; instead , she hoped to go an source or hoops player .With no
intention of ever becoming a doctor , Aronson refused to enroll in colleges that had math or
science requirements .This led her to enroll in Brown University 's story and anthropology
program for her Bachelor of art degree .After receiving her undergraduate degree , Aronson
attended Harvard Medical shoal for her medical examination degree and earned her Master
of amercement Arts ( MFA ) from rabbit warren Edmund Wilson College .== vocation == In
belated 2006 , Aronson accepted a position as an donnish physician in the University of
Calif. , San Francisco ( UCSF ) wellness sciences campus .In her early years at the school , she
received their medical checkup Department of Education research Fellowship and their
2011 Cooke accolade for the Scholarship of Teaching and eruditeness .From 2010 until
2016 , she was a member of UCSF 's honorary society of Medical Educators .During this time
, she was also awarded an Arnold P. Gold foot Professorship for her project Fostering
Humanism through Critical Reflection and tale advocacy .Her research developed into her
foremost novel titled A History of the Present Illness , a ingathering of fictional stories that
explore the nature of medicine and human beings .When asked why she chose to pen a
fictional story , Aronson replied `` By using fiction , I could take 20 years of experience and
tell a account in the way I felt was most in force and draw from a whole array of literal
patients and people .`` Following the success of her first novel , Aronson was encouraged by
her editor in chief to drop a line a non-fictional account statement of practice of medicine
and ageing .As a consequence , she wrote her irregular Word titled Elderhood : Redefining
Aging , Transforming medical specialty , Reimagining Life which included her ain personal
experiences in the medical field and confronting her parents aging .Aronson was named a
2019 Influencer in senescence and 2019–2020 Humanism in Aging leading prize winner .In
2020 , Aronson 's record book was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for full general
nonfictional prose .== bank note == == References ==