MICHELLE LEE MD   |   NEW YORK DOCTOR WRITER

I'm a Cornell-trained doctor & writer with articles on health, diversity & NYC community issues published in Washington Post, New York Magazine, NBC, Stat News, Zagat, Eater, Salon, Infatuation & more. I've published & shared my experiences as a first-year medicine doctor on NYC's COVID-19 frontline, including on PBS. 

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I'm a native New Yorker & first-generation college grad raised by immigrants in NYC.  I was awarded Cornell Medical School's Pioneer in Diversity Award for my advocacy work featured in Associated Press, Now This News & PBS (clips below), where I speak about immigrant AAPI community issues & healthcare worker mental health during COVID.  I encouraged COVID vaccination & raised awareness of barriers faced by elderly & immigrant communities on East Side Stories.  After the fatal 2021 Atlanta shootings, I organized USA's First White Coat Rally for the AAPI community, where I spoke to >1,000 people at NYC's largest peaceful AAPI rally alongside NY Senator Chuck Schumer, Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang & BLM activist Nupol Kizaolu.

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I've led diversity lectures/discussions at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Mercer School of Medicine, Stony Brook University Hospital & FIGS, a public US company.  I'm also quoted/featured in Time, NPR, Gothamist, Associated Press, Now This News, New York Presbyterian Health Matters, NBC, ABC, Voice of America, KTLA, and more. 

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Contact me for writing collabs or speaking engagements on:

Medicine, Writing, Health, Science, Narrative Medicine, Community Advocacy, Mental Health, COVID-19, Diversity, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Community, Education, Journalism, Social Justice, Food & Culture, NYC ​

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