Dr. Chauncey Crandall: Making Room for Faith in Medicine
Conan Milner
One October morning in 2006, renowned cardiologist Dr. Chauncey Crandall made an unexpected decision that would ultimately save a patient’s life. It wasn’t his Yale medical training or experience that guided Crandall, but faith. The patient was a heavy-set, 53-year-old man named Jeff (last name omitted to protect his privacy) who was admitted to a Palm Beach Hospital emergency room after he suffered a massive heart attack. Crandall was the senior cardiologist on duty. Medical staff had been working on Jeff for nearly 40 minutes and had shocked his chest with a defibrillator six times by the
