Elisha Wald­man is asso­ciate chief, divi­sion of pedi­atric pal­lia­tive care, at the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Chil­dren’s Hos­pi­tal of Chica­go. He was for­mer­ly med­ical direc­tor of pedi­atric pal­lia­tive care at the Mor­gan Stan­ley Chil­dren’s Hos­pi­tal at Colum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty Med­ical Cen­ter in New York. He received his BA from Yale Uni­ver­si­ty and his med­ical degree from the Sack­ler School of Med­i­cine in Tel Aviv. He also trained at Mount Sinai Med­ical Cen­ter and Memo­r­i­al Sloan Ket­ter­ing Can­cer Cen­ter in New York, and at Boston Chil­dren’s Hos­pi­tal. His writ­ing has appeared in Belle­vue Lit­er­ary Review, The Hill, The Wash­ing­ton Post, The New York Times, and Time. He lives in Chicago.