Jonathan Reisman M.D.
Physician, author, adventurer
Read Jonathan's writing for the New York Times, Washington Post, and Slate, or listen to his interviews on Fresh Air with Terry Gross, the Lex Fridman Podcast and Science Friday.
Physician, author, adventurer
Read Jonathan's writing for the New York Times, Washington Post, and Slate, or listen to his interviews on Fresh Air with Terry Gross, the Lex Fridman Podcast and Science Friday.
Jonathan Reisman M.D. is a physician, author, and adventurer. His offbeat writing combines his passions for the practice of medicine, nature, travel, wilderness, prehistoric crafts, and food (especially internal organs). He has practiced medicine in some of the world's most remote places, including Antarctica, the Alaskan and Russian Arctic, the Himalayan Mountains of Nepal, rural Appalachia, the urban slums of Kolkata, India, and Pine Ridge, South Dakota among the Oglala Sioux. He is co-creator of the anatomy-based dinner series Anatomy Eats, and he travels around the country and world exploring traditions and cultures of eating offal and other unusual body parts. He runs a non-profit dedicated to improving healthcare and education in India.
His first book The Unseen Body is currently being translated into 6 languages. He has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Slate, and Discover Magazine.
Born and raised in New Jersey, Jonathan studied mathematics and philosophy at New York University. After graduating with a BA, he lived and traveled in Russia while conducting researching on the timber industry. He spent five months traveling on the Kamchatka Peninsula among indigenous reindeer herders, and then returned to the US to attend Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey. Jonathan did his residency in both internal medicine and pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). He lives in Philadelphia with his wife and children.
Jonathan and his wife Anna Wexler, a professor of bioethics at University of Pennsylvania, are avid travelers and writers.
His first book The Unseen Body is currently being translated into 6 languages. He has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Slate, and Discover Magazine.
Born and raised in New Jersey, Jonathan studied mathematics and philosophy at New York University. After graduating with a BA, he lived and traveled in Russia while conducting researching on the timber industry. He spent five months traveling on the Kamchatka Peninsula among indigenous reindeer herders, and then returned to the US to attend Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey. Jonathan did his residency in both internal medicine and pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). He lives in Philadelphia with his wife and children.
Jonathan and his wife Anna Wexler, a professor of bioethics at University of Pennsylvania, are avid travelers and writers.