Incidental Findings
Danielle Ofri
- Location
- New York, New York,
- Title
- Physician
- Bio
- Danielle Ofri, M.D., Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Medicine at New York University School of Medicine and an internist at Bellevue Hospital, the oldest public hospital in the country. She is co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Bellevue Literary Review. Her newest book, Medicine in Translation: Journeys with my Patients--is about the experience of immigrants and Americans in the U.S. health care system.
She is the author of two collections of essays about life in medicine: Incidental Findings: Lessons from my Patients in the Art of Medicine and Singular Intimacies: Becoming a Doctor at Bellevue.
Danielle Ofri's writings have appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the New England Journal of Medicine, the Lancet, and on National Public Radio.
Danielle Ofri is currently working on a set of essays about medicine, while several unfinished novels in various states of disrepair gather prime New-York-City dust under her bed. Ofri lives with her husband, three children, cello, and black-lab mutt in a singularly intimate Manhattan-sized apartment.
Danielle's homepage is www.danielleofri.com
MY RECENT POSTS
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October 27, 2010 10:07PM - The Debilitated Muse
October 22, 2010 11:15AM - More on Mammograms....
October 10, 2010 11:45AM - Pet Care vs Human Care
October 07, 2010 07:53AM - Social Mission of Med Schools
October 07, 2010 07:43AM
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comments everyone. Cost is
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most do…”
June 01, 2010 07:45PM - “There's a lot of hard
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(http://www.cm…”
May 06, 2010 10:28PM - “It's easy to make light
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of
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obvi…”
December 28, 2009 06:37AM - “Interesting observation
about the USPFTF. Here's the
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December 27, 2009 11:09PM
Danielle Ofri's Links
Music in Medicine?
The holiday season is finally over. Not to be a complete
Grinch, but I am more than happy to see all the tinsel and reindeer
and artificial snow come down from the halls of our hospital.
Whether all that holiday ornamentation actually belongs in a
hospital is fodder for a difference… Read full post »
There is a veritable epidemic of doctor-writers out
there. What is going on?
Are doctors suddenly in the kiss-and-tell mode? What about confidentiality? Professionalism? HIPAA?
As one of the aforementioned doctor-writers, I look upon this trend with both awe and trepidation. I suspect… Read full post »
The Mammogram Debate: Whose Afraid of the Data?
The newest guidelines on mammograms have stirred up intense debate. But very little of it is about the numbers. It’s almost entirely about emotions. Whether it is individual women who speak poignantly about… Read full post »
Found in Translation?
“Je m’a…,” I stuttered to Aristede Mezondes, the serious young man in a grey wool overcoat, standing before me with ramrod posture. “Je m’appelle Dr. Ofri.”
There. I’d gotten it out.
The language of Descartes, Voltaire, and Balzac had clear… Read full post »
Public hospitals have a bad rap. They’re viewed by many as hospitals of last resort, and most patients with private insurance do anything to avoid them.
As a long-time physician in a public hospital, I’m sensitive to this reputation. I wouldn’t work in my hospital if I didn… Read full post »
Humanizing Medicine: The Small Details
“Angelina Gomez,” the medical assistant
hollers out to the crowded waiting room. As always, I cringe when I
hear this. It sounds so harsh, so cattle-like. I know that the
assistant is actually a gentle and caring person, and I understand
that he uses a loud voice so that he… Read full post »
Swine Flu and You
As a primary care internist, I spend a lot of time focusing on preventative health. There are all sorts of screening tests—mammograms, colonoscopies, PSA tests—but none of these actually “prevent” disease. They are designed to find disease at an early stage, allow… Read full post »
The Healing Arts
The waiting area in Bellevue
Hospital was full. Every chair was taken. But the people kept
streaming in. More chairs had to be brought in.
It wasn’t clear if the room could accommodate everyone.
This wasn’t/… Read full post »
Medicine in Translation
If asked what a doctor does, most people would probably
come up with the standard description of diagnosing and treating
disease, usually while wearing an ill-fitting white coat. Before I
entered practice, even during my medical training that probably
would have been my answer too.
&nb… Read full post »
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