Fred Kron

Madison, Wisconsin Area United States

Adjunct Research Investigator, Department of Family Medicine at University of Michigan

Technology / Software / Internet

Fred Kron, MD, is a practicing, board-certified family medicine doctor. He is an accomplished multimedia writer who has successfully written for many award-winning animated and live-action television shows and for computer games. He is also an expert in new media technology in medicine. Fred’s professional experience, along with his personal experiences as a cancer survivor, convinced him that medical education was failing to produce empathic physicians who were skilled at communication – who could understand their patients’ fears, values and beliefs, and who treated their patients with kindness and dignity. Fred’s belief in the importance of empathic communication is supported by