Charles Halsted attended Stanford University (BA, 1958) and the University of Rochester School of Medicine (MD, 1962). His distinguished career as a faculty member at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine (1974-2016) included teaching, clinical practice, and biomedical research. He prepared for a new career in poetry by taking online courses from Stanford Continuing Studies and by attending poetry workshops. Several of his poems explore human illness and the relationships between physicians and patients.
