Louis Profeta, MD
Dr. Profeta is an Emergency Physician from St. Vincent Hospital of Indianapolis. He is clinical professor of Emergency Medicine at Indiana University and Marian University Schools of Medicine. He is a graduate of Indiana University and its school of Medicine and did his post-graduate training in Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a dynamic and sought after public speaker and writer, frequent guest on TV and radio who has gained critical acclaimed for his essays and writings on topics such as his eye-opening look at our national preparedness for Influenza pandemics in "What Scares me More than Ebola." In 2015 he was named LinkedIn Top Voice for readership in health care. His scathingly sarcastic but passionate essay "Your Kid and My Kid Aren’t Playing in the Pros" was honored as one of best articles on sports in 2014 by the Society of Professional Journalism. His best selling book, The Patient in Room Nine Says He’s God, continues to earn critical acclaim as a poignant and passionate look at society, god and life through the eyes of an ER doctor. His most recent essay "I Know You Love Me Now Let Me Die" has been read more than three million times on Linked in and the Huffington Post and has sparked a whole new debate on end of life care.