Neal Whitman

Neal Whitman is professor emeritus at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He was an early advocate for supplementing the science of medicine with literary, performing, and visual arts. In transition into retirement, he began writing general poetry in 2005, adding haiku in 2008 and tanka in 2011. Whitman’s poems are widely published in journals and anthologies and his work has been recognized by the United Poets Laureate International. He is the haiku editor for Pulse: Voices from the Heart of Medicine and vice president of the United Haiku and Tanka Society. Whitman is an award-winning member of Bay Area Poets Coalition, Ina Coolbrith Circle, and California Federation of Chaparral Poets.