Danielle Ofri

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Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD, DLitt (Hon), is a noted essayist, editor, and practicing internist in New York City. She is an attending physician at Bellevue Hospital, and Assistant Professor of Medicine at New York University School of Medicine [1].

Ofri was born in New York City. She obtained her bachelor of science in physiology as from McGill University in Montreal. She received her PhD in pharmacology and her MD from NYU. She did her residency in internal medicine at Bellevue Hospital. [2]

Ofri’s writings have been included in Best American Essays 2002[3] and 2005[4], and Best American Science Writing 2003[5]. Her essays and reviews have appeared in New York Times [6], New England Journal of Medicine[7], The Lancet[8], the Los Angeles Times[9], and on National Public Radio[10]. She is the recipient of the McGovern award[11] by the American Medical Writers Association for her contributions to medical literature. She received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Curry College[12] and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.

Ofri’s essays about medical training were collected in her first book, Singular Intimacies: Becoming a Doctor at Bellevue [13]. Dr. Ofri’s second book, Incidental Findings: Lessons from my Patients in the Art of Medicine [14] recounts medicine practiced in small towns across the US, as well as the experience of teaching the next generation of doctors at Bellevue Hospital.

Ofri is Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of the Bellevue Literary Review[15], a literary journal devoted to writings about the human body, illness, health, and healing. She was also Associate Chief Editor of the Bellevue Guide to Outpatient Medicine, which won the Best Medical Textbook award from the American Medical Writers’ Association [16].

Ofri practices and teaches medicine at Bellevue Hospital. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and three children. She is a serious student of the cello.

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  1. ^ NYU Medical Center Directory. Retrieved on 2007-10-25.
  2. ^ Author Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD Receives Honorary Degree from Curry College (05-15-2005). Retrieved on 2007-10-25.
  3. ^ Ofri (2002), “Merced”, Best American Essays 2002: 237-252 
  4. ^ Ofri (2005), “Living Well”, Best American Essays 2005: 139-150 
  5. ^ Ofri, Danielle (2003). "Common Ground". Best American Science Writing 2003. HarperCollins Publisher. 213-221. Retrieved on 2007-10-25. 
  6. ^ Ofri, Danielle. "Gifts of the Magi; For a young doctor far from home, an unexpected present from a homeless alcoholic", New York Times, 12-15-2005. Retrieved on 2007-10-25. 
  7. ^ Ofri, Danielle (04-28-2005). "They Sent Me Here". The New England Journal of Medicine 352 (17): 1746–1748. doi:10.1056/NEJMp038252. 
  8. ^ Ofri, Danielle (03-11-2006). "The Practice of Medicine: Neither Science nor Art". The Lancet 367 (9513): 807–808. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68320-7. 
  9. ^ Ofri, Danielle (01-12-04). "Essay: A doctor's daily round of judgment calls". Los Angeles Times. 
  10. ^ Block, Melissa. "Doctors' Stories", All Things Considered, National Public Radio, 07-15-2003. Retrieved on 2007-10-25. 
  11. ^ American Medical Writers Association. Retrieved on 2007-10-25.
  12. ^ Author Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD Receives Honorary Degree from Curry College (05-15-2005). Retrieved on 2007-10-25.
  13. ^ Ofri, Danielle (04-15-2003). Singular Intimacies: Becoming a Doctor at Bellevue. Beacon Press. ISBN 978-0807072523. 
  14. ^ Ofri, Danielle (04-15-2006). Incidental Findings: Lessons From My Patients in the Art of Medicine. Beacon Press. ISBN 978-0807072677. 
  15. ^ Bellevue Literary Review. Retrieved on 2007-10-25.
  16. ^ [amwa.org American Medical Writers Association]. Retrieved on 2007-10-25.

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