Jonathan Reisman M.D.

Physician, writer, naturalist, traveler

"A fascinating, lyrical book... Reisman's experiences in other cultures bring a richness and depth to The Unseen Body. The way he thinks about the body and medicine -- the rivers and tributaries, the flowing and unclogging, the top-down organization of the brain -- is extraordinary!"
Mary Roach, author of Stiff, Gulp, Bonk, Grunt, and Fuzz

Jonathan Reisman M.D. is an internist and pediatrician and author of The Unseen Body. He's also a naturalist, adventure traveler, forager, foodie and teacher of wilderness survival and prehistoric crafts, and his offbeat medical writing combines all of these passions. He has practiced medicine in some of the world's most remote places, including the Alaskan and Russian Arctic, Antarctica, the Himalayan Mountains of Nepal, rural Appalachia, in the urban slums of Kolkata, India, and among the Oglala Sioux in South Dakota. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Slate, and Discover Magazine. He runs a non-profit called "World Health and Education Network" (also called "Calcutta Rescue USA") dedicated to improving healthcare and education for some of the orld's poorest people. He also is co-creator of the anatomy-based dinner series Anatomy Eats. 

Born and raised in northern New Jersey, Jonathan studied mathematics and philosophy at New York University. After graduating he lived in Russia, where he studied the Russian timber industry and indigenous cultures of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East. Jonathan attended Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife and children.

Jonathan and his wife Anna Wexler are avid travelers and writers.