Featuring Lisa Sanders
This week, we are joined by Lisa Sanders. You may recognize her name from the monthly “Diagnosis” column that she writes for the New York Times Magazine. She writes about unusual cases and diagnostic dilemmas, exploring both a patient’s experience of disease but also their journey through the healthcare system. She is the author of a book exploring similar themes, Every Patient Tells a Story. Her column was the inspiration for the popular TV show House, and she served as a technical advisor for the show. Dr. Sanders is an associate professor of medicine and a clinician educator in the primary care internal medicine residency program at Yale University School of Medicine.
Today, we talk about her journey in medicine, going from outsider to insider in medicine, and using English rather than medicalese. She talks about what it is like to live in a world of zebras when most of us are used to horses, and how she finds her fantastic cases. Lastly, she shares what it is like to work as a technical advisor on a hit TV show.
Send your interesting cases to Dr. Sanders for her column: lisa.sandersmdATgmail.com.
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