Moments

Psychiatrist Elissa Ely ’78 has been writing about patients and people for 20 years in such vivid detail that we feel we know them. Her observations have convinced her that viewing the world from a distance is not nearly as important as taking “. . . one long look into a pair of human eyes.” Join her for some of her favorite readings about such moments.

Presenter: Elissa Ely MD ’78, a psychiatrist in a Massachusetts State Hospital, a writer for the op-ed page of The Boston Globe, and a commentator for All Things Considered on National Public Radio