Here are five insights:
1. Outside of his medical career, Dr. Doty is a writer. He authored Into the Magic Shop, which teaches people how to establish a “positive narrative in [their] minds,” according to Stanford Medicine.
2. An excerpt from his book reads: “When you can change that narrative to understand this reality and change it to one in which you’re overflowing with gratitude, goodness, kindness — where you want to embrace everybody — remarkable things happen.”
3. He called on his medical background to emphasize research has proven people are happier and healthier when they display generosity and gratitude.
4. Dr. Doty founded and currently serves as the director of Stanford Medicine’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education.
5. Dr. Doty completed his residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
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