MICHELLE LEE MD
NEW YORK DOCTOR WRITER

MICHELLE LEE MD | NEW YORK DOCTOR WRITER
I'm a Cornell-trained doctor with a passion for health, education & humanities in medicine. I've published in Washington Post, New York Magazine, NBC, Stat News, Zagat, Eater, Salon, & more. I've also published & shared my experiences as a first-year medicine doctor on NYC's COVID-19 frontline, including on PBS. I'm currently an award-winning podcast host for "Moving Ahead in Medicine" on MedCentral geared towards early and mid-career physicians navigating clinical practice and professional growth, available on Spotify, Apple Itunes, and Amazon Music.
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 spoke to >1,000 people at NYC's largest peaceful AAPI rally alongside NY Senator Chuck Schumer & Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang.
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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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