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Ken Haller

Ken Haller

The Day I Got Fired

I came to Saint Louis in 1986 after having spent a couple of years in Loris, a small town in South Carolina, fulfilling a National Health…

Jan 16, 2023

Jan 16, 2023

Ken Haller

Shadows and Light: A Story for World AIDS Day

In the summer of 1981 I was just beginning my pediatrics residency at Lenox Hill Hospital on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. I had done a…

Dec 1, 2022

Shadows and Light: A Story for World AIDS Day

Dec 1, 2022

Ken Haller

How do YOU pronounce Daenerys Targaryen?

I saw a meme on Facebook recently that said something along the lines of, “If you can pronounce Daenerys Targaryen, you can pronounce…

May 29, 2022

May 29, 2022

Ken Haller

That Cool Ride

The sudden death by shooting of a neighbor a block away from me a few nights ago has certainly got me to thinking. I didn’t know this man…

May 24, 2022

That Cool Ride

May 24, 2022

Ken Haller

Pediatrician, Heal Thyself

A lifetime ago, my friend, Joel Hershey, had an extra ticket to the Rep. Joel and his partner had season tickets, but his partner (whose…

Apr 13, 2022

Pediatrician, Heal Thyself

Apr 13, 2022

Ken Haller

Dance Party!!!

“Dance like nobody’s watching; love like you’ve never been hurt. Sing like nobody’s listening; live like it’s heaven on earth.” - Mark…

Jan 11, 2022

Dance Party!!!

Jan 11, 2022

Ken Haller

Becoming George Bailey: My Complex, Evolving Relationship with “It’s a Wonderful Life”

I had dreams, like every kid has dreams. I dreamed I would travel the world, become an astronomer, maybe even become an astronaut, and go…

Dec 25, 2021

Becoming George Bailey: My Complex, Evolving Relationship with “It’s a Wonderful Life”

Dec 25, 2021

Ken Haller

How “A Charlie Brown Christmas” Spoke to the Kid Who Was Me

It’s hard to explain what a big deal “A Charlie Brown Christmas” was to me when I was a kid. Or how tenderly I hold it in my heart today.

Dec 10, 2021

How “A Charlie Brown Christmas” Spoke to the Kid Who Was Me

Dec 10, 2021

Ken Haller

My Dinner with Steve

Stephen Sondheim came to Saint Louis in 2018 to receive the Saint Louis Literary Award. He was the 50th honoree and the first to be honored…

Nov 27, 2021

My Dinner with Steve

Nov 27, 2021

Ken Haller

“I’m trying to change my life, but I don’t know where to start.”

“I’m trying to change my life, but I don’t know where to start.”

Nov 22, 2021

“I’m trying to change my life, but I don’t know where to start.”

Nov 22, 2021

Ken Haller

Ken Haller

Pediatrician, Educator, Singer, Writer, Advocate, Actor, Improviser. Views are my own, not those of any institution where I’m employed.

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