yale university school of medicine danielle ofri author of what doctors feel; incidental findings; medicine in translation; what patients say, what doctors hear; when we do harm, and singular intimacies: becoming a doctor at bellevue. internist at bellevue hospital and professor of medicine at nyu school of medicine. editor-in-chief of bellevue literary review. ferdie pacheco (1927–2017) prolific author and painter, nicknamed "the fight doctor"; personal physician of muhammad ali michael stephen palmer (1942–2013) author of 13 novels, often called the medical thrillers series miodrag pavlović (1928–1914) serbian writer and physician. m. scott peck (1936–2005), american psychiatrist whose the road less traveled sold more than seven million copies and was on the new york times best-seller list for over six years walker percy (1916–1990) american southern author whose interests included philosophy and semiotics lenrie leopold wilfred peters (1932–2009) gambian novelist and poet steve pieczenik (born 1943) is author of psycho-political thrillers and the co-creator of the best-selling tom clancy's op-center and tom clancy's net force paperback series michael polanyi (1891–1976) hungarian-british philosopher of science, economist, trained as a physician stephen potts (born 1957) british author of children's books vladan radoman (1936–2015) serbian writer and anesthetist. wilhelm reich (1897–1957), austrian-american psychiatrist, author of the mass psychology of fascism and character analysis. mickey zucker reichert (born 1962) pediatrician and fantasy author theodore isaac rubin (1923–2019) iconoclastic psychiatrist, wrote more than twenty-five works of fiction and nonfiction; his david and lisa was made into an acclaimed film in 1962 suhayl saadi (born 1961) is an author and dramatist based in glasgow oliver wolf sacks (1933–2015) wrote popular books about his patients (e.g. the man who mistook his wife for a hat), the most famous of which is awakenings, which was adapted into a film starring robin williams and robert de niro gholam-hossein sa'edi (january 15, 1936 in tabriz – november 23, 1985 in paris), iranian physician (psychiatrist) and writer ferrol sams (1922–2013) american novelist; author of run with the horsemen, who draws heavily on southern storytelling tradition moacyr scliar (1937–2011) jewish-brazilian writer; most of his writing centers on issues of jewish identity in the diaspora and particularly on being jewish in brazil richard selzer (1928–2016) american author of such celebrated works as mortal lessons, confessions of a knife, letters to a young doctor and taking the world in for repairs which blur the line between case reporting and fiction samuel shem, pen-name stephen joseph bergman (born 1944) wrote the house of god and mount misery, both fictional but close-to-real first-hand descriptions of the training of doctors david shrayer-petrov (born 1936) russian-american fiction writer, poet, and essayist, best known for his russian trilogy of novels about jewish refuseniks and for his collections of short stories jonah and sarah, autumn in yalta and dinner with stalin, all of which feature medical themes and characters who are doctors and nurses. he served as a military physician in the soviet union, practiced as an endocrinologist, worked as a research microbiologist and oncologist. frank slaughter, pseudonym c.v. terry (1908–2001) american bestselling novelist whose themes include history, the biblical world, new findings in medical research and technology; wrote doctors' wives benjamin spock (1903–1988) – american pediatrician, wrote baby and child care ken strauss (born 1953) novelist who helps promote the work of other physician writers han suyin (pen name of elizabeth comber, born rosalie elisabeth; 1917–2012), chinese-born author of several books on modern china, novels set in east asia, and autobiographical works. she long resided in lausanne and wrote in english and french. raymond tallis (born 1946) british author has published a novel, three volumes of poetry and over a dozen books on philosophy, literary theory, art and cultural criticism; in 2004 he was identified in prospect magazine as one of the top 100 public intellectuals in the united kingdom; wrote the enduring significance of parmenides: unthinkable thought lewis thomas (1913–1993) celebrated american essayist and poet mario tobino (1910–1991) italian psychiatrist, poet, writer of several novels about his war experiences and his professional encounters with mental suffering and social dislocation. leonid tsypkin (1926–1982) jewish-russian writer born in minsk, best known for his book summer in baden-baden gael turnbull (1928–2004) scottish poet who was an important precursor of the british poetry revival vaino vahing (1940–2008) former psychiatrist, one of the most famous and gifted of estonian writers; most of his publications date from the 1970s and '80s. abraham verghese (born 1955) indian-american professor at stanford university medical school, born and reared in ethiopia, author of the novel, cutting for stone. karl edward wagner (1945–1994) american writer, editor and publisher of horror, science fiction, and heroic fantasy junichi watanabe (1933–2014) japanese novelist who was an orthopaedic surgeon, published romantic story a lost paradise. phil whitaker (born 1966) book reviewer for the new statesman and a novelist james white (1928–1999) wrote the sector general series about a hospital in space, but was not a physician. he wanted to be one, but "he had to go out and work" (see article in wikipedia and author's web site.) william carlos williams (1883–1963) was an american poet closely associated with modernism and imagism. he was also a pediatrician and gp. tim willocks (born 1957) british novelist whose work usually features a central character with extensive medical knowledge (especially of drugs) and martial arts ability (willocks is a black belt in shotokan karate) f. paul wilson (born 1946) writes novels and short stories primarily in the science fiction and horror genres irvin yalom (born 1931) existentialist and psychotherapist; produced a number of novels and also experimented with writing techniques; in everyday gets a little closer he invited a patient to co-write about the experience of therapy c. dale young (born 1969) american poet, editor and educator; edits poetry for new england review. 21st century alkabbani fuhrman mukherjee chris adrian, author, paediatrician, harvard divinity school graduate monther alkabbani (born 1970), celebrated saudi arabian writer, novelist and surgeon janet asimov, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and science fiction writer gyan chaturvedi (born 1952), indian cardiologist, author, and columnist. he is a prolific writer of much-acclaimed satire in hindi. daria chubata, ukrainian physician, author, poet, social activist brandon colby, writer on predictive medicine and genetic testing john collee, scottish physician, novelist and screenwriter (master and commander, happy feet) ion degen, soviet and israeli writer, doctor and medical scientist in the field of orthopedics and traumatology joel fuhrman, family physician, author, print and tv advocate of a micronutrient-rich diet rivka galchen, novelist atul gawande (born 1965), general and endocrine surgeon at brigham and women's hospital in boston, massachusetts, and the new yorker medical writer tess gerritsen, novelist paul kalanithi, neurosurgeon and author of when breath becomes air perri klass, journalist, pediatrician, new york university professor vincent lam, canadian writer (bloodletting & miraculous cures) asael lubotzky, israeli pediatrician, writer, and scientist c. j. lyons, former pediatrician and thriller writer amit majmudar, poet, novelist, practicing radiologist, 1st ohio poet laureate howard markel, physician, medical historian, journalist, editor, national best selling author, and professor at the university of michigan siddhartha mukherjee, oncologist, pulitzer prize winner, author of the emperor of all maladies: a biography of cancer taslima nasrin, bengali author and former physician danielle ofri, internist at bellevue hospital and professor of medicine at new york university school of medicine. editor of bellevue literary review. author of what doctors feel; incidental findings; medicine in translation; what patients say, what doctors hear; when we do harm, and singular intimacies: becoming a doctor at bellevue. ofri kevin patterson, canadian writer nawal el saadawi, egyptian feminist writer, activist, physician and psychiatrist abraham verghese, indian-american new york times bestselling author, professor at stanford university medical school, department of internal medicine kyrie wang, historical fantasy author, practicing pathologist, artist, assistant professor at mcgill university, department of pathology. martin winckler, physician, writer, tv critic worldwide organizations in 1955 a group of physician-writers created the international federation of societies of physician-writers (fisem). one of the founders was dr. andré soubiran, author of hommes en blanc (the doctors). other founders included italian professors nasi and lombroso, belgian drs. sévery and thiriet, swiss physicians junod and rené kaech, and eminent french writers of the medical academy. dr. mirko skoficz was a key figure at the first fisem congress in san remo, italy, along with his wife, italian film star gina lollobrigida. in 1973 fisem changed its name to umem—union mondiale des écrivains médécins, or world union of physician writers. its current president is dr. carlos vieira reis of portugal. umem is an umbrella organization that subsumes physician-writer groups in: belgium, groupement belge des médecins-écrivains brazil, sociedade brasileira de médicos escritores sobrames bulgaria, club des écrivains médecins en bulgarie france, groupement des ecrivains – médecins germany, bundesverband deutscher schriftstellerärzte greece, hellenic society of physician writers italy, a.m.s.i. netherlands, penaescula poland, unia polskich pisarzy medyków portugal, sociedade portuguesa dos escritores médicos romania, societaea medicilor scriitori şi publicişti din românia south america, liga sud-americana de médicos-escritores lisame spain, asociación española de médicos escritores e artistas switzerland, association suisse des écrivains médecins anglophone associations in the anglophone world, the lead has been taken by new york university (nyu) with their encyclopedic literature, arts & medicine database and blog. an associated resource is the medical humanities directory: http://medhum.med.nyu.edu/directory.html. these sites were established in 1994 at the new york university school of medicine and were: "dedicated to providing a resource for scholars, educators, students, patients, and others who are interested in the work of medical humanities. we define the term 'medical humanities' broadly to include an interdisciplinary field of humanities (literature, philosophy, ethics, history and religion), social science (anthropology, cultural studies, psychology, sociology), and the arts (literature, theater, film, and visual arts) and their application to medical education and practice. the humanities and arts provide insight into the human condition, suffering, personhood, our responsibility to each other, and offer a historical perspective on medical practice. attention to literature and the arts helps to develop and nurture skills of observation, analysis, empathy, and self-reflection – skills that are essential for humane medical care. the social sciences help us to understand how bioscience and medicine take place within cultural and social contexts and how culture interacts with the individual experience of illness and the way medicine is practiced." daniel bryant, an american internist, has compiled an extensive list of fellow physician writers. the johns hopkins university press publishes literature and medicine, "a journal devoted to exploring interfaces between literary and medical knowledge and understanding. issues of illness, health, medical science, violence, and the body are examined through literary and cultural texts." dartmouth medical school publishes lifelines, an art and literature journal dedicated to featuring the works of physicians and their experiences in medicine. the british medical association keeps an updated, though selective, list of physician-writers on its web site.