Suzanne Koven MD, MFA

Writer-in-Residence at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

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Work

Essays Etc.

  • “A Matter of Time” in The Lancet
  • “What is a Mentor?” in the New England Journal of Medicine
  • “Reading Kafka in the Hospital Cafeteria” in The New England Journal of Medicine
  • “The Portal” in The New England Journal of Medicine
  • “Longing for the Day When Sexism in Medicine is DOA” in The Boston Globe
  • “Things shameful to be spoken about” in The Lancet
  • “They Call Us and We Go” in The New England Journal of Medicine
  • “Admissions” in The Lancet
  •  “How Medicine Made Me a Reader” in MedHumChat
  • “What’s the Story?: A Guide for the Clinician Writer” in The Lancet
  • “Letter To A Young Female Physician” in The New England Journal of Medicine

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Book Reviews & Features

  • “What to Read When You Want to Know What Your Doctor is Really Thinking” at The Rumpus
  • Heart: A History by Sandeep Jauhar at The Los Angeles Review of Books
  • The Finest Traditions of My Calling by Abraham M. Nussbaum at The Los Angeles Review of Books
  • The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison at The Los Angeles Review of Books
  • Being Mortal by Atul Gawande in the Boston Globe

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The Big Idea

  • Roz Chast
  • Oliver Sacks
  • Eve Ensler
  • Andrew Solomon

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In Practice

  • “A Message From A Dying Patient”
  • “Actors Help Doctors Learn to Convey Empathy”
  • “The Guilt of Caring For Elderly Parents“

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