The Patient in Room Nine Says He's God
About Dr. Profeta
- Dr. Louis M. Profeta is a nationally recognized, award-winning writer and Emergency Physician at St. Vincent Hospital of Indianapolis. He is clinical instructor of Emergency Medicine at Indiana University and Marian University Schools of Medicine. A graduate of Indiana University and its School of Medicine, Dr. Profeta completed his post-graduate training in Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a dynamic and sought-after public speaker and writer as well as a frequent guest on TV and radio who has gained critical acclaim for his essays on topics such as his eye-opening look at our national preparedness for influenza pandemics in What Scares Me More than Ebola.
- In 2015, 2016 and again in 2017 he was named LinkedIn Top Voice for readership in health care. In 2020 he was recognized by LinkedIn as one of the Top Voices In Health Care related to Covid-19. The Society of Professional Journalism honored his scathingly sarcastic but passionate essay, Your Kid and My Kid Aren’t Playing in the Pros, as one of the best articles on sports in 2014. In 2018 he was honored by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists for his contributions to online media.
- Dr. Profeta's 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 essay I Know You Love Me--Now Let Me Die has been read more than five million times on LinkedIn, the Huffington Post and NPR and has sparked a whole new debate on end-of-life care. His 2017 essays, When the Lion Kills Your Child , A Sunday Talk on Sex, Drugs, Drinking and Dying with the Frat Boys and I'll Look at Your Facebook Profile Before I tell Your Mother You're Dead, are three of the most read and shared articles ever on LinkedIn, exposing the disastrous consequences of the opiate epidemic, drug and alcohol abuse, and sexual assaults on college campuses. He is quickly becoming one of the most widely read opinion essayists in America.
- Dr. Profeta and his wife Sheryl are parents of three grown sons. They currently live in Indianapolis, Indiana, with their Maltese dog Mimi (that he claims to hate but really loves).
Published Articles and Interviews
- Louis M. Profeta MD TEDX
- I Don't Know Another Living Person on This Earth
- These Four Words That May Offend You May Also Just Save You
- The Fading Light of a Time of Heroes
- If I Would Have Known He Was Going to Walk on the Moon, I Would Have Talked to Him More
- No Offense but Merry Christmas
- God May Make You Explain Why You Skipped Your High School Reunion
- When Tears Fall at Starbucks
- FOX59 Interview
- Buy Your Kid a Pile of Dirt
- Dear Principal Lawrence...Get My Kid a Toilet Brush
- Time to Bring Back Hugging
- From the Factory Floor Someone Saved Your Life
- We're Living in an Age of Cell Phone Cowards
- Soon We Will Transplant Organs from Different Species
- Grilled Cheese, Tomato Soup, and the Great Coach Chuck Pagano
- WISH TV Interview
- LA Times Article
- There's No Good Way to Kosher an Alaskan King Crab
- Love in a Time of Dementia
- I Love You...You're Fired
- Lambda Chi News
- I Don't Care if My Doctor Plays Piano
- The Pothole Politicians of Indianapolis
- Fox59 Pothole Interview
- My Shoes Don't Fit
- I Cut My Lawn and Sipped My Soda, Then Realized He Killed Her
- The Pomp and Circumstance of Blood
- An ER Doctor Speaks at a High School Graduation
- Washington Post Article
- Saving the Decaying Smiles of Poverty
- Your Bone Marrow Doesn't Care Who the Hell They Voted For
- There Are No Spoiled Brats in Haiti
- The Homeowners Association Guidelines to Mailboxes in Heaven
- Who Will Sit on Your Bench and See Through Your Eyes
- I'll Look at Your Facebook Profile Before I Tell Your Mother You're Dead
- Why the Doctor Is Crying in Bohemian Rhapsody
- When Even the Doctor Can't Escape
- The Stark, Brutal Violence of the "Non-Violent" Crime
- I Know...But I Love Her
- Thank You Cards from Mikey and Molly
- An ER Doctors Simple First-Step Solutions fto Save Healthcare in America
- A Missing Child Lies Buried
- A Dangerous Place for a Child Is College
- Your Child Shouldn't Die Looking for a Coffee Shop
- The Marble Statues of Florence
- Students Should Study the Arts. . . Because the Arts Deserve to Be Studied
- Richard Jewell...America's Dryefus
- Sweetwater News Story
- Run...I Had Cancer
- I'm Not Working in the Concession Stand
- When a Conservative Agrees With Al Sharpton about Emergency Care
- Prayer in a Time of Covid
- The Nameless Saviors in This Dangerous Time of Covid-19
- Some Need God and Some Need Liquor
- Will's World of Pandemic Friends at the Poker Table of Covid-19
- How America Saved Us from Covid-19
- COVID- 19 Has Put the Childhood Back in Children
- Please Doc, Can You Help Me Get Home
- The Top Five Hospital Administrators During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Love, Jammies, and a 3 A.M. Pizza
- Helping Big Pharma and the Matter of Black Lives
- Without Competition "Exceptional" Trends Toward "Average".
- Bring Back Drug Reps
- A Letter of Recommendation for Jayson
- A Jewish Doctor's Christmas Story
- A Commencement Address for the Graduates of the American School for the Outraged
- Covid, College, Drugs and Drink
- My Friend Ron Galimore: An Overlooked Olympic Legacy in the Annals of African American History
- An ER Doc's Address to Teachers in His Community: In the Aftermath COVID-19
- If Donald and Joes's School Principal was an ER Doc.
- Te Path to a Girl's Well-being, Starts with Youth Sports
- The Most Important Series on Television is Maid.
Campuses Visited
Future Events and Reviews
Upcoming Events and Speaking Inquiries
- Dr. Profeta speaks to audiences as small as ten people in intimate book club discussions, to auditoriums of thousands of college students, academic or corporate events. He is often asked to come to private residences, sit and speak with small groups of college-bound, high school students about making smart choices in regards to drugs, alcohol, hazing and risk-taking behavior. It is not a lighthearted discussion. It is a very emotional and vividly brutal presentation that will leave the students and their parents profoundly impacted. He also speaks on a variety of topics related to his writings, from spirituality in medicine, end-of-life care, job satisfaction and burnout and youth sports, to name a few.
Upcoming Events
January 8, Theta Chi Convention St. Louis
January 13, Southern Methodist University
January 28, Vocera Convention
February 2, University of Miami
February 5, AFLV Convention Indianapolis
February 11, Pace Academy Atlanta
February 12, SGLA Convention Atlanta
February 26, NGLA Convention Baltimore
Testimonials
Randolph-Macon College News Story
- Dr. Profeta, My name is S... and I attended your talk with the WVU women's swim team this past Monday. I just wanted to reach out to you and thank you once again for your willingness to come speak with us. I, alongside many of my teammates, found your words to be incredibly powerful. As soon as I left the football stadium Monday night, I got in my car and called my dad. I tried explaining what I just sat and listened to but I could barely even understand myself, as I was quickly overwhelmed with tears. I apologized for every stupid thing I have done thus far in my life (and that took a while), and told him I never wanted to put him through the pain of losing me so I would finally "make good decisions" like he has been telling me my whole life, or at least since the day he knew I was going to be a hellion. I have a very close and special bond with my parents so I am able to share many of my experiences with them, sometimes leaving them a bit concerned. But after sharing a special phone conversation about your speech with my dad and later with my mom on Monday night, I believe we have reached a new level of respect, trust and understanding. And although they could not be there to hear your words for themselves, I know they have appreciation and give you great thanks for your time and message. Again, thank you very much. We as individuals and a team needed this very much. Sincerely, S
From Miami of Ohio
- "Extremely shocking and eye opening"
- "More effective than multiple alcohol courses we are forced to take."
- "Amazing to see the dangerous truth behind what's going on across colleges."
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