Danielle Ofri

These essays were published in literary journals and eventually formed the basis of her first book, Singular Intimacies: Becoming a Doctor at Bellevue.

Ofri returned to Bellevue Hospital as an attending physician, where she continues to teach and practice medicine.

[4] She writes regularly for The New York Times health section about medicine and the doctor-patient connection.

The book traces her experiences in medical school and residency at an inner-city hospital.

Ofri explores the cultural challenges in medicine, and chronicles the experiences of immigrants and Americans in the U.S. health care system.

Her fourth book, What Doctors Feel: How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine, was published in 2013.

Ofri's fifth book, What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear, was published in 2017 and explores the doctor-patient conversation as the most powerful tool in medicine.