The Patient Doctor is a no-holds barred memoir about overcoming bowel cancer to become a doctor. [Learn more]
“What a great book. Brave, honest and vulnerable” Amazon Books reviewer
“… this book is brilliant” LinkedIn reviewer
“This is a great book and you should read it.” goodreads reviewer
What to expect when you're visiting someone in the ICU: They can be intimidating spaces. [Read]
Bullying and unacceptable behaviour are common in medicine: We need to improve the way we treat each other, for our sake, and our patients. [Read]
We are surrounded by resources better than any textbook on how to empathise and connect with patients: The patients themselves. [Read]
On making hospital ward rounds about patients. [Read]
The most important thing your doctor should do, but often doesn't: talk to you. [Read]
On being a cancer voice and supporting patients online. [Read]
On making up ground when it comes to doctor-patient communication. [Read]
On doctor-patient communication: Some thoughts on the book 'What patients say, what doctors hear' and my own experience of patient-doctor communication. [Read]
On rate-my-doctor platforms: I use AirBnB to book apartments, AirTasker to get furniture assembled, and Uber to get across town. So why not use an app to find the best doctor? [Read]
On teaching cancer at medical school: Cancer seems to be everywhere I look, except the one place where I expected to find lots of it — medical school. [Read]
On cancer as a young adult: Love & Cancer at 28. Art by Humyara Mahbub. [Read]
On avoiding mainstream medicine: People who are very sick, and sometimes dying, often walk away from treatments that may save their lives. [Read]
On the importance of old growth forests to giant pandas. [Read]
On the value of education in China: An article for the magazine of the American Chamber of Commerce in China. [Read]
On climate change and wildlife in China. [Read]
On the effect of rain on sex ratio in a primate. [Read]
On the (silly) idea that giant pandas are a genetic dead end. [Read]
On the translocation of giant pandas for conservation: An article for the AAAS's EurekAlert! platform. [Read]