Gabor Maté
Physician and author
Gabor Maté is a Canadian physician and author who writes about addiction, stress, trauma and childhood development.
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Canadian Born 1944 in Budapest, Hungary
About Gabor Maté
Gabor Maté was born in Budapest, Hungary, in January 1944 and moved to Canada with his family in 1957. Before studying medicine he earned a degree from the University of British Columbia and taught high school English and literature for a few years. He later ran a family practice in East Vancouver for more than twenty years, and he also served as medical coordinator of the Palliative Care Unit at Vancouver Hospital. His books include In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, which draws on his work with people living with addiction, and When the Body Says No. He also wrote Scattered Minds, and he co-wrote Hold on to Your Kids. His books have appeared in more than thirty languages. The City of Vancouver gave him its Civic Merit Award in 2011, and in 2018 he was honored with the Order of Canada.