Dr. Caroline Wellbery is a graduate of the University of California School of Medicine and Stanford University, where she earned a PhD in Comparative Literature. She is currently serving as Associate Deputy Editor of American Family Physician and Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine. Her interests include writing, language, literature in medicine, and using the arts to teach the many aspects of patients' experiences with pain, depression, sexuality, domestic violence, grief, obesity, aging and death. Her website, Interacting with the Medical Humanities, is a reflection of this last interest. The website offers a wealth of stories from the perspective of both patients and doctors, as well as artistic representations of illness and suffering. Her other interests include medical education, medical uncertainty, chronic care management and motivational interviewing. She has presented her work both nationally and internationally.