ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tom Preston, MD

 

Thomas A. Preston, M.D.

 

Swarthmore College, B.S.E.E., 1955

University of Pennsylvania, M.D., 1962

University of Michigan Medical Center, Internship, residency, fellowship, 1962-67

National Heart Hospital, London, Fellowship in cardiology, 1967-68

University of Michigan Medical Center, staff/faculty, 1968-72

University of Washington Medical Center, faculty, 1973-1999, Prof. of Medicine, 1984-99

Chief, Cardiology, Pacific Medical Center, 1976-99

Plaintiff, Glucksberg v. Washington, U.S. Supreme Court, 1997

Board of Directors, Compassion & Choices of Washington

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Tom Preston has appeared on numerous national television programs, including the Donahue Show and 60 Minutes, and his articles about medicine have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly and the New York Times, among others. 

He lives in Seattle, Washington.