My fiction and nonfiction explore belief systems, cultural, medical, and mythical. How do they impact human behavior? How do they dictate social roles? How do they shape women’s lives?

Selected longform and narrative journalism focusing on women’s health, autonomy, and human rights:

Women’s Health, Power, and Agency

“There Is a Hidden Epidemic of Doctors Abusing Women in Labor, Doulas Say” — VICE

“The Movement for Human Rights in Childbirth Is Not a ‘Natural Birth’ Movement” — Rewire News

“How an Accidental Death, a Babysitter's Guilt, and a Dramatic Birth Resulted in a Viral Photo” — ELLE

“A simple blood test could save new mothers. Why aren’t more doctors using it?” — Popular Science

“Jewish Women Fight Period Poverty” — Hadassah Magazine

“Sexual Harassment Takes a Toll on Health” — Hadassah MagazineRockower Award (2020)

A Life in Medicine

“MDs With Chronic Illness Live in a Different Medical World” — Medscape

“Physician Mothers and the Breastfeeding Challenge” — Medscape

“Why Don't Doctors Feel Like Heroes Anymore?” — Medscape

“Is There a Doctor in the House?” — Medscape

A long-running series of first-person narratives from healthcare professionals telling dramatic stories of off-duty moments of crisis and care. The series includes over 35 episodes. Azbee Award (2025)

“Dr. Patient” — Medscape

A new first-person narrative series on how doctors experience their own serious illnesses.

“A Doctor’s Tumor Rupture Upends All She Thought She Knew” — Medscape

“A Doctor’s Mystery Cancer Gives Her a New Medical Education” — Medscape