How Poetry Informs How A Boston Doctor Treats His Patients

Rafael Campo has two callings in life: medicine and poetry.

He works at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and is associate professor at Harvard Medical School, but has also spent decades as a poet — winning multiple poetry awards, including the Guggenheim fellowship and a National Poetry Series award.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Campo finds himself drawn to the write about illness.

His poetry is a vehicle to healing for both his patients and for himself.

Rafael Campo, works at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and is an associate professor at Harvard Medical School. His book, out this year, is called "Comfort Measures Only: New & Selected Poems, 1994-2016."