Danielle Ofri is one of my favorite author/doctors. She has written numerous books and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Bellevue literary review, the first literary journal from a medical establishment. Yes, she is really an internist at Bellevue, New York City’s public health hospital, where she’s been practicing for decades.

I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing her at her apartment in Manhattan when I was writing on the HuffPost.

She doesn’t write sweeping novels like Abraham Vergese or critical thinking pieces like Atul Gawande, but examines the doctor/patient relationship, the humanity and how it is trained out of medical students, and lovely stories of her patients and what they teach her.

I was particularly struck by the tone of this most recent essay where she shares the story of an elderly Chinese gentleman and what was so important to him during his treatment that would be all but hidden to most physicians, and less honored. I think you’ll enjoy it, “The Little Things.”