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

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