Episode description
Dr. Emily Silverman, creator and host of The Nocturnists, presents a clinical unknown to Reza.
Dr. Emily Silverman
Emily Silverman, MD is an academic hospitalist at the Zuckerberg San
Francisco General Hospital, where she seeks out projects that
resurrect the narrative soul of medicine. She is the creator and host
of the live show and podcast, The Nocturnists, where health
professionals share stories from the world of medicine. She wrote a
series of prose-poems based on her experiences as a resident, and is
currently working on her first book, a memoir. Her writing is animated
by a deep-seated curiosity about science, human nature, and what it
means to live and die well. In her spare time she enjoys teaching
herself how to play electric guitar, listening to podcasts, and
traveling with her husband Boaz. She tweets @ESilvermanMD.