I’m a physician and author with interests in nature, travel, all kinds of science, and human cultures around the world. I’m a practicing ER doctor in the Philadelphia area, and I’ve practiced medicine in some of the most remote places around the world, including Arctic Russia, Arctic Alaska, Antarctica, the Himalayas of Nepal, the urban slums of Kolkata, India, on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, and in rural Pennsylvania Appalachia. I’ve written about medicine, food and nature for the New York Times, Washington Post, Slate and Discover Magazine, and my first book “The Unseen Body” is currently being translated into 6 languages.
In this newsletter I share my stories, adventures, insights and knowledge, and I try to shed cosmological and literary light on these glorious and sometimes faulty corporeal vessels in which we live. Subscribe to my Substack to share in a fascinating and educational journey about life, the human body, and the world.
