Mara Gordon, MD
Family physician & writer
Nice to meet you
I’m a family physician and writer based in Philadelphia. I take care of patients of all ages, from newborns to a handful of folks over 100.
I write NPR’s Real Talk With A Doc column, where I answer reader queries about wellness and medicine. (Send me your most unanswerable questions!)
My newsletter, Your Doctor Friend, is about primary care, diet culture, and desperately keeping it together as a doctor mom.
My book How To Take Up Space is forthcoming in Spring 2027 from Little, Brown Spark.
I write about the culture of medicine
Here are some of my favorite pieces: