About me
PHYSICIAN • AUTHOR • APOLOGIST
Steven Willing, MD, MBA
I write at the intersection of medicine, neuroscience, and Christian thought, bringing scientific rigor to questions that matter most.
Why “The Soggy Spaniel”? Spaniels are known for their enthusiasm, determination, curiosity, and loyalty. And there is no one happier than a Boykin around water.
WHO I AM
Steven Willing is board-certified in diagnostic radiology and neuroradiology, with an MD from the Medical College of Georgia and an MBA from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He has held faculty positions at the University of Louisville, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Indiana University, where he taught and practiced diagnostic and interventional neuroradiology.
Currently, he is a clinical neuroradiologist at Children’s of Alabama, a consultant in radiology at Tenwek Hospital in Kenya, a visiting scholar with Reasons to Believe, and an adjunct Professor of Divinity at Regent University. Dr. Willing is the author of Superbia: The Perils of Pride. The Power of Humility.
WHAT I WRITE ABOUT
Medicine & sexuality
What neuroscience actually says and doesn’t say about sex and gender identity.
Pride & humility
The ancient vice that masquerades as a virtue, and the cognitive science behind it.
Christian Apologetics
How we form beliefs, why smart people believe wrong things, and how Christians should think.
AI & culture
What artificial intelligence means for knowledge, truth, and the epistemic ecosystem.
AFFILIATIONS
THE BOOK
Superbia: The Perils of Pride. The Power of Humility.
A scientific and theological examination of pride, the vice that underlies all others, and what genuine humility looks like in an age of performative virtue.
CONNECT
Available for podcast interviews, webinars, and conference presentations.