Jonathan Reisman M.D.
Physician, author, and 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, and 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. In his book The Unseen Body and his offbeat medical writing for the New York Times, Washington Post, and Slate he combines his passions for nature, travel, wilderness, prehistoric crafts, and food (especially internal organs). 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, the urban slums of Kolkata, India, and in Pine Ridge, South Dakota among the Oglala Sioux. He is co-creator of the anatomy- and physiology-based dinner series Anatomy Eats. He runs a non-profit dedicated to improving healthcare and education in India.
Born and raised in New Jersey, Jonathan studied mathematics and philosophy at New York University. After graduating, he lived in Russia while conducting research on the country's timber industry and the indigenous cultures of the Kamchatka Peninsula. He attended Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey, and did his residency in combined internal medicine-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.
Born and raised in New Jersey, Jonathan studied mathematics and philosophy at New York University. After graduating, he lived in Russia while conducting research on the country's timber industry and the indigenous cultures of the Kamchatka Peninsula. He attended Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey, and did his residency in combined internal medicine-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.