MICHELLE LEE MD
NEW YORK DOCTOR WRITER
MICHELLE LEE MD | NEW YORK DOCTOR WRITER
I'm a NYC doctor-writer with a medical degree from Cornell. Over the last 10 years, I've written science, health, intersectional diversity, NYC food and culture articles including for Washington Post, New York Magazine, NBC, Stat News, Zagat, Eater, Salon, Life & Thyme, Infatuation & KevinMD. I've published & given talks about my experiences as a first-year medicine doctor on NYC's COVID-19 frontline,
I'm a first-generation doctor raised by immigrants in NYC. My advocacy work has been featured on Associated Press, Now This News & PBS (watch below), where I speak about AAPI community & healthcare worker mental health. 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 on the same stage as NY Senator Chuck Schumer, Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang & BLM activist Nupol Kizaolu.
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 was recognized by Cornell Medical College's Pioneer in Diversity Award in 2022. I was 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.
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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SELECTED PUBLISHED NEWS ARTICLES
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Reflections From a First-Year Doctor in NYC COVID
COLUMBIA SYNAPSIS HEALTH HUMANITIES Personal Narrative Medicine Article, NYC
Why Christina Yuna Lee's murder is personal to Asian American women like me
THE WASHINGTON POST
Op-ed Article, NYC
Six Things You Can Do Today to Help the AAPI Community
NBC News
Dr. Russell Jeung, cofounder of StopAAPIHate.org
Interview & Article
COVID Doc Interviews Family Feeding Healthcare Workers
ZAGAT STORIES
Thai Sliders, NYC
Interviews & Article
Light at the End of COVID Tunnel for NYC Restaurants?
SALON & CIVIL EATS
NYC Council Member Keith Powers, Andrew Rigie NYC Hospitality, Antwoin Guiterrez, Simon Kim, Kevin Heald, NYC
Interviews & Article
From Pandemic to Protests: How Food Businesses Are Responding
BON APPÉTIT
Cho Dang Gol, NYC
Interview & Article
Asian American Restauranteurs Reflect on Rising Anti-Asian Hate
INFATUATION
Simon Kim, Hooni Kim, Eric Sze, Eunji Lee, Maiko Kyogoku, NYC
Interviews & Article
Honest Food: From Med School Dropout to Michelin Star Chef
KOREAM MAGAZINE
Hooni Kim, Danji/Hanjan, NYC
Interview & Article
SELECTED MEDICAL WRITING & EDITING
Former Editor-in-Chief of Cornell Medical School's Journal of Humanities in Medicine (100 pages)
May 2016
Wrote "Reflections from a first-year doctor in the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City"
Published by Columbia Synapsis Health Humanities Journal
October 2020
PBS HEALTHCARE PANEL: EYE OF THE STORM - CONVERSATION WITH HEALTHCARE WORKERS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. PBS.
April 28, 2022
FIGS ROUNDS: EXPERIENCES OF A FIRST-YEAR NYC DOCTOR DURING COVID.
FIGS, a public US company.
May 26, 2022
CONVERSATION ON AAPI HERITAGE IN HEALTHCARE
FIGS, a public US company.
May 13, 2022
UNDERSTANDING CURRENT ANTI-ASIAN HATE CRISIS WITH ACTIONS ITEMS.
New York Presbyterian Hospital Graduate Medical Education, Manhattan.
May 27, 2021
AAPI DIVERSITY SPEAKER
Stony Brook University Hospital in New York
May 2021
AAPI DIVERSITY SPEAKER
Mercer University School of Medicine in Georgia after nearby fatal Atlanta shootings
April 9, 2021
AAPI HERITAGE MONTH: DISCUSSION WITH FIGS. Clubhouse. Discussion Host of FIGS, a public US company.
May 24, 2021
HOW BYSTANDER INTERVENTION CAN SAVE A LIFE, KevinMD
July 17, 2021
AAPI DIVERSITY CONVERSATION
New York Presbyterian Hospital Cornell Radiology Department, Manhattan
April 20211