Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD is a writer, editor, and
practicing physician living in New York City.
_________________________________________________________________________

The Best of the Bellevue Literary Review is a collection of selected writings from the celebrated literary journal. Danielle Ofri and the BLR editors have culled poetry, fiction and nonfiction that offer a fresh perspective on the literature of medicine, preceded by a foreword from Sherwin Nulandf. The book is accompanied by a detailed study guide for teaching and reading groups. (Bellevue Literary Press, 2008)

Incidental Findings: Lessons from My Patients in the Art of Medicine is Danielle Ofri's newest book.In Incidental Findings, Ofri has finished her medical training and is learning through practice to become a more rounded healer.

Free Reader's Guide for reading groups or teaching.

The book opens with a dramatic tale of the tables being turned on Dr. Ofri: She's had to shed the precious white coat and credentials she worked so hard to earn and enter her own hospital as a patient.

_________________________________________________________________________

The New York Times called it "equal parts The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Kitchen Confidential... [T]houghtful and honest."

Chapter 1--Living Will--was selected by Susan Orlean for Best American Essays 2005. Read it here! Or listen to the author read it.

Chapter 2--Common Ground--was selected by Oliver Sacks for Best American Science Writing 2003 (Honorable Mention by Anne Fadiman for Best American Essays 2004).

Also selected by the New York Public Library as a recommended book for young adults.

________________________________________________________________________

Ofri's first book, Singular Intimacies: Becoming a Doctor at Bellevue is the story of becoming adoctor by immersion at Bellevue Hospital,the oldest public hospital in the country-and perhaps the most legendary.

It is both the classic inner-city hospital and a unique amalgam of history, insanity, beauty, and intellect.

Read a short but compelling excerpt.

________________________________________________________________________

Danielle Ofri is the recipient of the 2005 John P. McGovern Award, given annually by the American Medical Writers Association for "preeminent contributions to medical communication."

She is also the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Curry College in 2005.

Read Danielle Ofri's most recent essayin the New England Journal of Medicine, and listen to an exclusive interview.

Hear one of Danielle Ofri's commentaries on All Things Considered

Also featured on NPR's All Things Considered, in The Washington Post, and on C-SPAN's Book TV.