Mara Gordon, MD

Family physician & writer

Nice to meet you

I’m a family physician and writer based in Philadelphia.

I write NPR’s Real Talk With A Doc column, where I answer reader questions about health and health care. (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:

My patients think Ozempic is a wonder drug. But it can’t fix fatphobia. NPR.

With telehealth abortion, doctors have to learn to trust and empower patients. NPR.

I try hard to be a body positive doctor. It’s getting harder in the age of Ozempic. NPR.

I’m a pregnant doctor. Should I get the Covid-19 vaccine? The New York Times.

I Quit Ozempic And Embraced Feeling Healthy Over Striving For Thinness. NPR.

Get in touch:

gordon dot mara at gmail dot com