Yesterday was a typically busy day in my medical clinic, plenty of killers on the loose – diabetes, hypertension, coronary disease. But every patient wanted to talk about swine flu. The news that swine flu had come to New York City sent my patients into a panic and they peppered me with questions: Is it…
“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 can be heard over the…
On Nov 22, 2009, Danielle Ofri read from her book “Singular Intimacies,” as part of a day-long symposium on science and art. The event was sponsored by Macaulay Honor’s College at CUNY, and featured speakers about music, film, literature, medicine and science. Macualay College gave complimentary copies of Danielle’s book to attendees. Share on Facebook…
Every illness is unique, and every person faces illness in his or her own way. Anna Deveare Smith, in her one-woman show “Let Me Down Easy,” slips into the persona of twenty-one individuals who have faced an aspect of illness or death. In ninety minutes, Deveare Smith takes the audience on an existential scavenger hunt,…
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