Danielle Ofri
@danielleofri.bsky.social
Primary care doc at Bellevue
Newest book is on medical error: 'When We Do Harm.'
Editor of @BLReview
Ever-struggling cello student
www.danielleofri.com
http://linktr.ee/danielle_ofri
Newest book is on medical error: 'When We Do Harm.'
Editor of @BLReview
Ever-struggling cello student
www.danielleofri.com
http://linktr.ee/danielle_ofri
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Danielle Ofri
@danielleofri.bsky.social
· Jul 28
Opinion | What Happens When Doctors Can’t Trust the Government? (Gift Article)
Federal public health institutions were revered by the medical community. That’s rapidly changing.
www.nytimes.com
It’s hard to convey how grieved my colleagues and I feel by the evisceration of CDC, NIH et al. It’s like a death in the family, except that it’s a mass-casualty situation. Our govt seems determined to handicap your MD/RN's ability to care for you. tinyurl.com/4uey6sae
Are you a trainee in #medicine, #nursing, or any other #healthcare field? Need something more creative in your life?
Check out @Blreview's new Art in Medicine program! Explore creative expression & narrative medicine, and find a welcoming community.
Applications open. blreview.org/blr-art-in-m...
Check out @Blreview's new Art in Medicine program! Explore creative expression & narrative medicine, and find a welcoming community.
Applications open. blreview.org/blr-art-in-m...
BLR Art in Medicine – Bellevue Literary Review
blreview.org
October 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Are you a trainee in #medicine, #nursing, or any other #healthcare field? Need something more creative in your life?
Check out @Blreview's new Art in Medicine program! Explore creative expression & narrative medicine, and find a welcoming community.
Applications open. blreview.org/blr-art-in-m...
Check out @Blreview's new Art in Medicine program! Explore creative expression & narrative medicine, and find a welcoming community.
Applications open. blreview.org/blr-art-in-m...
Join us tonight as we herd together the authors from BLR's Animalia issue. It'll be the cat's meow!
7 pm, Free
7 pm, Free
BLR Issue 49 on Animalia is here! And to celebrate, we're trying out an exciting new format for our fall reading. 📖
Join us Thursday, October 23 online for a LIVE event. We'll hear from Animalia authors as they share their fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. 🦉
www.tickettailor.com/events/belle...
Join us Thursday, October 23 online for a LIVE event. We'll hear from Animalia authors as they share their fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. 🦉
www.tickettailor.com/events/belle...
October 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Join us tonight as we herd together the authors from BLR's Animalia issue. It'll be the cat's meow!
7 pm, Free
7 pm, Free
Join me on 9/25 for this FREE event. I'll interview three of my favorite medical writers, live, online.
Ask your questions about how to write illness onto the page.
#writingcommunity #doctor #nurse #patient
Ask your questions about how to write illness onto the page.
#writingcommunity #doctor #nurse #patient
Meet Sandeep and the rest of our panelists—
@ranaawdish.bsky.social Theresa Brown, and @danielleofri.bsky.social
—on September 25th. Bring your questions!
Details:
🕐 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
✨Free and open to the public.
buytickets.at/bellevuelite...
@ranaawdish.bsky.social Theresa Brown, and @danielleofri.bsky.social
—on September 25th. Bring your questions!
Details:
🕐 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
✨Free and open to the public.
buytickets.at/bellevuelite...
September 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Join me on 9/25 for this FREE event. I'll interview three of my favorite medical writers, live, online.
Ask your questions about how to write illness onto the page.
#writingcommunity #doctor #nurse #patient
Ask your questions about how to write illness onto the page.
#writingcommunity #doctor #nurse #patient
My @NYTimes oped: RFK Jr. can't outright ban vaccines, so he's tackling vaccination infrastructure instead. This week's meeting of the vaccine advisory council will likely be an exercise in political theater, not scientific debate.
#publichealth #vaccines
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...
#publichealth #vaccines
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...
Opinion | Kennedy Says He Won’t Take Away Vaccines. Don’t Believe Him.
A meeting of a C.D.C. advisory committee could restrict vaccine access.
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:26 AM
My @NYTimes oped: RFK Jr. can't outright ban vaccines, so he's tackling vaccination infrastructure instead. This week's meeting of the vaccine advisory council will likely be an exercise in political theater, not scientific debate.
#publichealth #vaccines
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...
#publichealth #vaccines
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...
Reposted by Danielle Ofri
Today's Weekly Read is "Letter to a Dead Mother" by Martha Silano, from Issue 44. Our editors were saddened to learn that Martha passed away this past May, a great loss to the literary community. ❤️🩹
Learn more about this pick: blreview.org/blog/weekly-...
Learn more about this pick: blreview.org/blog/weekly-...
August 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Today's Weekly Read is "Letter to a Dead Mother" by Martha Silano, from Issue 44. Our editors were saddened to learn that Martha passed away this past May, a great loss to the literary community. ❤️🩹
Learn more about this pick: blreview.org/blog/weekly-...
Learn more about this pick: blreview.org/blog/weekly-...
It’s hard to convey how grieved my colleagues and I feel by the evisceration of CDC, NIH et al. It’s like a death in the family, except that it’s a mass-casualty situation. Our govt seems determined to handicap your MD/RN's ability to care for you. tinyurl.com/4uey6sae
Opinion | What Happens When Doctors Can’t Trust the Government? (Gift Article)
Federal public health institutions were revered by the medical community. That’s rapidly changing.
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It’s hard to convey how grieved my colleagues and I feel by the evisceration of CDC, NIH et al. It’s like a death in the family, except that it’s a mass-casualty situation. Our govt seems determined to handicap your MD/RN's ability to care for you. tinyurl.com/4uey6sae
Hey medical folks--working on an article about how it feels to practice medicine when maybe you can't quite trust the "new versions" of the CDC, FDA, and vaccine advisory board.
Send me an email with your thoughts and experiences. Anonymous okay.
danielleofri.com/contact/
Send me an email with your thoughts and experiences. Anonymous okay.
danielleofri.com/contact/
June 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Hey medical folks--working on an article about how it feels to practice medicine when maybe you can't quite trust the "new versions" of the CDC, FDA, and vaccine advisory board.
Send me an email with your thoughts and experiences. Anonymous okay.
danielleofri.com/contact/
Send me an email with your thoughts and experiences. Anonymous okay.
danielleofri.com/contact/
Join me on June 11 to learn about a fabulous new book and a wonderful writer. If you've loved Oliver Sacks, you'll be excited to meet Pria Anand.
@oliversacks.bsky.social
@oliversacks.bsky.social
You're Invited: BLR BookTalk on "The Mind Electric"! 🧠 Our next BookTalk features Pria Anand, BLR author and neurologist, who just published her first book, The Mind Electric.
🗓️Details: Online, June 11 at 7pm EDT
RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/belle... @danielleofri.bsky.social
🗓️Details: Online, June 11 at 7pm EDT
RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/belle... @danielleofri.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Join me on June 11 to learn about a fabulous new book and a wonderful writer. If you've loved Oliver Sacks, you'll be excited to meet Pria Anand.
@oliversacks.bsky.social
@oliversacks.bsky.social
I love BLR's new Weekly Reads--bringing back old favorites and connecting new readers with great poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.
This early story by Celeste Ng is a real treasure.
@pronounced-ing.bsky.social #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
This early story by Celeste Ng is a real treasure.
@pronounced-ing.bsky.social #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
BLR is excited to bring you Weekly Reads! Each week, we'll highlight a BLR story, poem, or essay.
📧Sign up for our newsletter to get more info about that week's pick! blreview.org/newsletter/
Today's read is "Girls, At Play" by @pronounced-ing.bsky.social: blreview.org/fiction/girl...
📧Sign up for our newsletter to get more info about that week's pick! blreview.org/newsletter/
Today's read is "Girls, At Play" by @pronounced-ing.bsky.social: blreview.org/fiction/girl...
June 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I love BLR's new Weekly Reads--bringing back old favorites and connecting new readers with great poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.
This early story by Celeste Ng is a real treasure.
@pronounced-ing.bsky.social #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
This early story by Celeste Ng is a real treasure.
@pronounced-ing.bsky.social #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
Reposted by Danielle Ofri
Should doctors be writing about patients at all? Should protected information shared in confidence, in the setting of illness, with a high-stakes power differential, be fodder for writing—no matter how compelling?
Why Do Doctors Write?
For physicians, curiosity and care spill easily onto the page.
nyer.cm
June 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Should doctors be writing about patients at all? Should protected information shared in confidence, in the setting of illness, with a high-stakes power differential, be fodder for writing—no matter how compelling?
.
Why Do Doctors Write?
Doctors write all day, every day—progress notes, consultations, assessments, referrals—a vast flow of utter dross.
What I'm curious about--and what I'm trying to hash out in my article for The New Yorker--is why doctors take up literary writing.
tinyurl.com/MD-writers
Why Do Doctors Write?
Doctors write all day, every day—progress notes, consultations, assessments, referrals—a vast flow of utter dross.
What I'm curious about--and what I'm trying to hash out in my article for The New Yorker--is why doctors take up literary writing.
tinyurl.com/MD-writers
Why Do Doctors Write?
For physicians, curiosity and care spill easily onto the page.
www.newyorker.com
June 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
.
Why Do Doctors Write?
Doctors write all day, every day—progress notes, consultations, assessments, referrals—a vast flow of utter dross.
What I'm curious about--and what I'm trying to hash out in my article for The New Yorker--is why doctors take up literary writing.
tinyurl.com/MD-writers
Why Do Doctors Write?
Doctors write all day, every day—progress notes, consultations, assessments, referrals—a vast flow of utter dross.
What I'm curious about--and what I'm trying to hash out in my article for The New Yorker--is why doctors take up literary writing.
tinyurl.com/MD-writers
BLR is open for submissions.
Now accepting poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for the BLR Literary Prizes, as well as for general submission.
Spring is coming and we are so excited to read what you've been working on!
#WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #writing
Now accepting poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for the BLR Literary Prizes, as well as for general submission.
Spring is coming and we are so excited to read what you've been working on!
#WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #writing
Get in your creative flow! Submissions open today for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction on the themes of health, illness, and healing. 🖋️
We can't wait to read your work! Learn more and submit: blreview.org/submit/
We can't wait to read your work! Learn more and submit: blreview.org/submit/
March 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
BLR is open for submissions.
Now accepting poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for the BLR Literary Prizes, as well as for general submission.
Spring is coming and we are so excited to read what you've been working on!
#WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #writing
Now accepting poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for the BLR Literary Prizes, as well as for general submission.
Spring is coming and we are so excited to read what you've been working on!
#WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #writing
Reading early works of favorite authors is such a treat. BLR has had the pleasure of publishing early fiction by Abraham Verghese, Celeste Ng, Kali Fajardo-Anstine and Leslie Jamison.
BLR is having a flash sale of classic issues, so don't miss your chance!
BLR is having a flash sale of classic issues, so don't miss your chance!
Our Classic Issue Flash Sale is in full swing! 🎉📚 This week we're celebrating issues that feature works of BLR authors who've become best-selling authors.
Until March 31st, Classic Issues are $5 and BOGO! Use code flash5 at checkout: blreview.org/store/
Until March 31st, Classic Issues are $5 and BOGO! Use code flash5 at checkout: blreview.org/store/
March 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Reading early works of favorite authors is such a treat. BLR has had the pleasure of publishing early fiction by Abraham Verghese, Celeste Ng, Kali Fajardo-Anstine and Leslie Jamison.
BLR is having a flash sale of classic issues, so don't miss your chance!
BLR is having a flash sale of classic issues, so don't miss your chance!
Reposted by Danielle Ofri
BLR editor-in-chief @danielleofri.bsky.social met up with physician and bestselling author Theresa Brown (who is one of our reviewers!) at Theresa's talk in NYC, where the panel discussed how they honor nursing in their work. Copies of Issue 47 even tagged along! 😊
February 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
BLR editor-in-chief @danielleofri.bsky.social met up with physician and bestselling author Theresa Brown (who is one of our reviewers!) at Theresa's talk in NYC, where the panel discussed how they honor nursing in their work. Copies of Issue 47 even tagged along! 😊
The Trump administration is signaling its contempt for evidence-based science and its disregard for human health and life. But the path forward is clear...
#Science #Medicine #PatientCare
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
#Science #Medicine #PatientCare
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
February 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The Trump administration is signaling its contempt for evidence-based science and its disregard for human health and life. But the path forward is clear...
#Science #Medicine #PatientCare
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
#Science #Medicine #PatientCare
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
@altcdc.bsky.social
I'm working on an article about saving our scientific data. I would appreciate any leads on folks/orgs who are doing this work.
Feel free to DM me, or email me via my website
#sciencedata #healthdata #cdc #data
I'm working on an article about saving our scientific data. I would appreciate any leads on folks/orgs who are doing this work.
Feel free to DM me, or email me via my website
#sciencedata #healthdata #cdc #data
February 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
@altcdc.bsky.social
I'm working on an article about saving our scientific data. I would appreciate any leads on folks/orgs who are doing this work.
Feel free to DM me, or email me via my website
#sciencedata #healthdata #cdc #data
I'm working on an article about saving our scientific data. I would appreciate any leads on folks/orgs who are doing this work.
Feel free to DM me, or email me via my website
#sciencedata #healthdata #cdc #data
Well said, Steve Woolf: "We must draw the line when the science is clear that a policy will increase the risk of disease, complications, or premature death."
Contact your professional societies and institutions to protest policies that harm patients.
Contact your professional societies and institutions to protest policies that harm patients.
buff.ly
February 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Well said, Steve Woolf: "We must draw the line when the science is clear that a policy will increase the risk of disease, complications, or premature death."
Contact your professional societies and institutions to protest policies that harm patients.
Contact your professional societies and institutions to protest policies that harm patients.
Has anyone heard of any sites willing to post data/papers/info scrubbed from Federal websites?
What about First Amendment implications?
#healthcare #medicine #censorship
apnews.com/article/trum...
What about First Amendment implications?
#healthcare #medicine #censorship
apnews.com/article/trum...
Health data, entire pages wiped from federal websites as Trump officials target 'gender ideology'
A government memo aimed at implementing President Donald Trump’s order rolling back protections for transgender people has rippled through the federal government as agencies scramble to make changes t...
apnews.com
February 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Has anyone heard of any sites willing to post data/papers/info scrubbed from Federal websites?
What about First Amendment implications?
#healthcare #medicine #censorship
apnews.com/article/trum...
What about First Amendment implications?
#healthcare #medicine #censorship
apnews.com/article/trum...
🎉Thank you to the >500 people who've RSVPed so far.
We just expanded our capacity, so there's plenty of room. You won't want to miss this very special event!
It's a live conversation, so bring your ❓❓ to ask.
www.tickettailor.com/events/belle...
We just expanded our capacity, so there's plenty of room. You won't want to miss this very special event!
It's a live conversation, so bring your ❓❓ to ask.
www.tickettailor.com/events/belle...
January 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
🎉Thank you to the >500 people who've RSVPed so far.
We just expanded our capacity, so there's plenty of room. You won't want to miss this very special event!
It's a live conversation, so bring your ❓❓ to ask.
www.tickettailor.com/events/belle...
We just expanded our capacity, so there's plenty of room. You won't want to miss this very special event!
It's a live conversation, so bring your ❓❓ to ask.
www.tickettailor.com/events/belle...
Join us for The Book Doctors Are In!
A live online conversation with some of my favorite medical writers: Perri Klass, DamonTweedy, Esther Choo
RSVP for link and bring your questions
https://buff.ly/4g0bIEU
#writing #books #doctors #medstudent #nurse
@choo.bsky.social @writingfactory.bsky.social
A live online conversation with some of my favorite medical writers: Perri Klass, DamonTweedy, Esther Choo
RSVP for link and bring your questions
https://buff.ly/4g0bIEU
#writing #books #doctors #medstudent #nurse
@choo.bsky.social @writingfactory.bsky.social
January 20, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Join us for The Book Doctors Are In!
A live online conversation with some of my favorite medical writers: Perri Klass, DamonTweedy, Esther Choo
RSVP for link and bring your questions
https://buff.ly/4g0bIEU
#writing #books #doctors #medstudent #nurse
@choo.bsky.social @writingfactory.bsky.social
A live online conversation with some of my favorite medical writers: Perri Klass, DamonTweedy, Esther Choo
RSVP for link and bring your questions
https://buff.ly/4g0bIEU
#writing #books #doctors #medstudent #nurse
@choo.bsky.social @writingfactory.bsky.social
Patient advocacy is integral to health care.
We face off against insurance companies every day; we now may need to face off against our own government to protect our patients who are immigrants.
#patients #doctors #nurses @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o...
We face off against insurance companies every day; we now may need to face off against our own government to protect our patients who are immigrants.
#patients #doctors #nurses @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o...
Opinion | How Doctors and Nurses Can Protect Undocumented Immigrants (Gift Article)
Doctors have a responsibility to reassure their patients, regardless of immigration status, that they are welcome and protected.
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Patient advocacy is integral to health care.
We face off against insurance companies every day; we now may need to face off against our own government to protect our patients who are immigrants.
#patients #doctors #nurses @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o...
We face off against insurance companies every day; we now may need to face off against our own government to protect our patients who are immigrants.
#patients #doctors #nurses @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o...