Our book tour is January-April 2013. Please visit our Facebook event page and Dr. Wen’s and Dr. Kosowsky’s websites for a list of their upcoming appearances and events.
Dr. Wen is traveling the country to speak about patient empowerment and pressing health policy concerns to patient groups, community groups, schools, churches, women’s organizations, and many more. Please visit her website for speaker testimonials and medial clips. Dr. Kosowsky speaks regularly at hospitals and medical schools about Emergency Department Operations. To request us, please use the “email me” form.
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Huffington Post. From a Young Doctor: A Tribute to Nurses. May 14th, 2013.
Huffington Post. 12 Ways to Stay Safe in Hospitals. May 13th, 2013.
Psychology Today. Should You be a “Patient” or a “Healthcare Consumer”? May 9th, 2013.
Sound Medicine. How Can We Improve Doctor/Patient Communication? May 5th, 2013.
USA Today. Speak Up to Doctors, For Dear Life. May 2nd, 2013.
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Philadelphia Inquirer. Treat Bomb Victims, Treat Thyself. April 29th, 2013.

CNN The Lead. Doctor Treated Boston Victims, Worried One Would Be Her Husband. April 27th, 2013.


National Public Radio. Boston ER Doctor Finds Marathon Memories Hard to Shake. April 25th, 2013.
Kevin MD. 12 Tips For Staying Safe In Hospitals. April 25th, 2013.
USA Today. Nightmare Plagues Doctor Who Treated Boston Victims. April 23rd, 2013.
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Saludify. Practical Tips for Hispanics Living With Renal Disease. April 22nd, 2013.
Boston Globe. Sleep Problems Plaguing Many in Boston After Marathon Bombing. April 19th, 2013.
House Call Doctor. 6 Tips to Get Your Doctor to Listen to You. April 17th, 2013.
Mens Health News. Does Your Doctor Have a Bad Reputation? April 16th, 2013.
NextBillion. The IT Revolution in Health Care. April 13th, 2013.
City Book Review. When Doctors Don’t Listen. April 12th, 2013.
Fox and Friends. Are Certain Medical Tests Really Needed? April 9th, 2013.


Kevin MD. Health Reform: China Offers Cautionary Lessons. April 9th, 2013.
Psychology Today. 12 Ways to Stay Safe in Hospitals. April 4th, 2013.
Huffington Post. 10 Things That Can Kill You in the Hospital. April 4th, 2013.
Brigham & Women’s Health Blog. Six Tips for Getting Your Doctor to Listen to You. April 4th, 2013.
House Call Doctor. 6 Ways to Get Rid of Your Headache. April 3rd, 2013.
The New York Times. The Human Touch Amid Big Data Medicine--Review of “When Doctors Don’t Listen.” April 1st, 2013.
Adventures in Medicine. Preserving the Humanity of Our Patients, and Ourselves. March 29th, 2013.
Psychology Today. 10 Medical Errors That Can Kill You In the Hospital. March 26th, 2013.
Heart Sisters. Just Not Listening, or “Narrative Incompetence?” March 22nd, 2013.
Cape Cod Times. Learning to Speak Up to Your Doctor. March 21st, 2013.
South Coast Today. Being Proactive at the Doctor’s Office is an Important Step. March 21st, 2013.
Blog Talk Radio: Leadership Focus. When Doctors Don’t Listen. March 20th, 2013.
House Call Doctor. 5 Medical Truths Your Doctor Wants You to Know. March 20th, 2013.
Kevin MD. Embrace the Gift That Our Patients Are Giving Us. March 19th, 2013.
The Health Care Blog. What the U.S. Can Learn from China’s Health Care Reform. March 18th, 2013.
Retirement Blog. Practice Your Health Care Story. March 17th, 2013.
Huffington Post. What the U.S. Can Learn From China’s Health Care Reform. March 14th, 2013.
Sense and Sustainability. Are Current Doctor-Patient Relationships Unsustainable? March 11th, 2013.
PBS Next Avenue. 10 Things You Should Bring to Your Doctor’s Appointment. March 11th, 2013.

FTNS. When Doctors Don’t Listen. March 6th, 2013.
Chinese Daily. When Doctors Don’t Listen. March 4th, 2013.
Psychology Today. Preserving the Humanity of Patients and Physicians. March 4th, 2013.
Costco Connection. Talk to Your Doctor. March edition, 2013.
Kevin MD. What Happens if the Doctor Isn’t Sure? February 28th, 2013.
House Call Doctor. 8 Common Health Myths, Debunked. February 28th, 2013.
PBS Next Avenue. 5 Ways to Make Your Doctor Your Partner. February 27th, 2013.

All Heart Matters. Tell a Good Story: Review of When Doctors Don’t Listen. February 23rd, 2013.
Informed Medical Decisions Foundation. Shared Decision-Making Month Contributor Spotlight. February 22nd, 2013.
Adventures in Medicine. How a Stubborn “Western” Physician Came to Appreciate Eastern Medicine. February 20th, 2013.
Barry Lynn. Culture Shocks. February 19th, 2013
Qi Blog. 6 Lessons from Eastern Chinese Medicine. February 19th, 2013.
Wall Street Journal. The Health Reader: Listen Up, Doc. February 18th, 2013.

AARP. 10 Questions Women Should Ask Their Doctors. February 17th, 2013.

House Call Doctor. 10 Things to Bring to Every Doctor’s Appointment. February 14th, 2013.
Redbook. How to Score a Doctor’s Appointment Fast. February, 2013.
Kevin MD. 6 Tips for Getting Your Doctor to Listen to You. February 13th, 2013.
RIZZARR. A Young Physician & Author Spreading Health Care Solutions Globally. February 12th, 2013.
The Concord Monitor. Mindful Reader: Review of When Doctors Don’t Listen. February 11th, 2013.
Kevin MD. When Patients Feel Trapped by Doctors and the Medical System. February 8th, 2013.
Adventures in Medicine. From Doctor-Centered to Patient-Centered Care. February 7th, 2013.
UCB Canada. When Doctors Don’t Listen. February 7th, 2013.
Pregnancy Today. Risks of Norovirus During Pregnancy. February 5th, 2013.
Health News Digest. Getting Out the Words: A Young Doctor’s Battle With Stuttering. February 4th, 2013.
Dr. Davis Liu. Book Review of When Doctors Don’t Listen. February 4th, 2013.
Psychology Today. 4 Lessons From the Mother of a Chronically Ill Child. February 2nd, 2013.
KSDK-TV. 5 Tips for When Your Doctors Won’t Listen. January 31st, 2013.
WSLR-FM. When Doctors Don’t Listen. January 30th, 2013.
The Leonard Lopate Show. When Doctors Don’t Listen. January 29th, 2013.

TIME.com. Get Well Sooner--and Cheaper: Two Medical Insiders Pull Back the Curtain on the Doctor-Patient Relationship. January 28th, 2013.
Boston Globe. When Doctors Don’t Listen: 5 Ways to Get Them to. January 28th, 2013.
Newsradio 570WYSR. When Doctors Don’t listen. January 28th, 2013.

CBS News. Expert Gives Tips On How to Prepare For Doctor Visit. January 27, 2013.
The Business of Living. When Doctors Don’t Listen! January 27th, 2013.
Wachter’s World. Doctor, Step Away From That Cookbook! January 27th, 2013.
Psychology Today. 6 Lessons Can We Learn From Eastern Chinese Medicine. January 27th, 3013.
Boston Globe. When Doctors Don’t Listen and How to Get Them To. January 25th, 2013.
Kevin MD. The Culture of Ruling Out Leads to Misdiagnosis. January 25th, 2013.
Huffington Post. 6 Tips to Get Your Doctor to Listen. January 25th, 2013.
The Diane Rehm Show. January 24th, 2013.


Prepared Patient Forum. 5 Steps to Building a Great Partnership With Your Doctor. January 24th, 2013.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Wash U Grad Talks About Getting Doctors to Listen. January 24th, 2013.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch. More Events for When Doctors Don’t Listen. January 24th, 2013.
Maria Shriver--The Open Field Network Blog. 6 Tips for Getting Your Doctor to Listen to You. January 23rd, 2013.
The Patch. Two Doctors Explain How to Avoid Misdiagnoses. January 22nd, 2013.
WBSM. Interview with Pete Braley. January 21st, 2013.

Eyes-In Health. What to do When Doctors Don’t Listen? January 21, 2013.
MSNBC. The Cycle. January 18th, 2013.


E-Patient.net and Society for Participatory Medicine. Doctors as E-Patient. January 17th, 2013.
CNN.com. When Doctors Don’t Listen. January 16th, 2013.

Fox News. Interview on the Morning Show. January 16th, 2013.

Radio Boston. WBUR interview with Anthony Brooks. January 15th, 2013.

Best Doctors: Clinical Curbside. 5 Steps to Forming a True Partnership With Your Patient. January 15th, 2013.
Adventures in Medicine. Physician, Seek Help. Don’t Just Heal Thyself. January 15th, 2013.
New England Cable News. Interview on the Morning Show. January 15th, 2013.

Huffington Post. 5 Steps to Building a Great Partnership With Your Doctor. January 14th, 2013.
Mother Nature News. Book review. January 14th, 2013.
Psychology Today. 10 Things Not to Forget When You Next See Your Doctor. January 12th, 2013.
NPR.org. When Doctors Don’t Listen (and Hangover Leads to Spinal Tap). January 11th, 2013.
Featured guest on radio show, The Roy Green Show, January 5th, 2012 (scroll to minute 19)

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Huffington Post. Why Diagnosis is the Key to Your Health--and the Health of the Nation. January 4th, 2013.
Psychology Today. 5 Steps to Forming a True Partnership With Your Doctor. January 1st, 2013.
Huffington Post. 8 Tips for Staying Happy and Healthy During the Holidays. December 22nd, 2012.
Psychology Today. Physician, Seek Help. December 13th, 2012.
Huffington Post, Inappropriate Use of the ER: An Emergency Physician’s Flirtation with the ER. December 10th, 2012.
Psychology Today. The Forgotten First Step to Shared Decision-Making. December 10th, 2012.
Featured on Kevin MD, Social Media’s Leading Physician Voice. Debunking 8 Persistent Health Myths. December 3rd, 2012.
Huffington Post, 10 Things to Bring With You to Every Doctor’s Appointment. November 27th, 2012.
Psychology Today. From Doctor to Patient-Centered Care. November 21st, 2012.
Psychology Today. What You Think You Know Might Not be Right. November 21st, 2012.
Featured on Kevin MD, Social Media’s Leading Physician Voice. 5 Steps to Establish a Partnership for Shared Diagnosis. November 18th, 2012.
Featured in the Lexington Herald after giving a talk with former Surgeon General Dr. Jocelyn Elders and patient advocate Patty Skolnik. Patients must take control of their health. November 9th, 2012.


Featured on Kevin MD, Social Media’s Leading Physician Voice. How the Primary Care Shortage Affects the ER. November 6th, 2012.
Featured in the Prepared Patient Forum of the Center for Advancing Health. From Doctor-Centered to Patient-Centered Care. October 29th, 2012.
Featured on Kevin MD, Social Media’s Leading Physician Voice. Preparing for Your Doctor’s Visit: 10 Things to Always Bring. October 23rd, 2012.
Featured on Kevin MD, Social Media’s Leading Physician Voice. My Flirtation with the ER has Made Me More Sympathetic Towards Patients. October 10th, 2012.
Featured guest on radio show, The Powerful Patient. October 4th, 2012.

Featured on Kevin MD, Social Media’s Leading Physician Voice. 5 Things that I Want My Patients to Know. September 26th, 2012.
Featured on Kevin MD, Social Media’s Leading Physician Voice. The Well Woman Visit: An Easy Way to Obtain Preventive Services. September 12th, 2012.
Featured in AP News Article. Young tech-savvy doctors want a real life, but don’t call them slackers. Carried by over 100 news outlets. September 4th, 2012.


Featured in the Prepared Patient Forum of the Center for Advancing Health. My Mother’s End-of-Life Discussion That Changed How She Died. August 21st, 2012.
Featured on Kevin MD, Social Media’s Leading Physician Voice. My Mother Couldn’t Advocate for Herself When She Needed It the Most. August 20th, 2012.
Featured on Kevin MD, Social Media’s Leading Physician Voice. Improving Medical Care Needs to Involve the Doctor. August 2nd, 2012.
When Doctors Don’t Listen featured in Publisher’s Weekly August, 2012.

Featured in Illinois Health Matters. Well-Woman Visits That Can Improve Your Health. July 29th, 2012.
Featured in China Daily News. An Inspiration to the Chinese-American Community. July 29th, 2012.

Featured in Our Bodies Ourselves. What’s in the New Health Care Law for Women? July 26th, 2012.
Featured in National Women’s Health Network. Countdown to Coverage. July 26th, 2012.
Featured in the Prepared Patient Forum of the Center for Advancing Health. Why I Write: A Doctor’s Tribute to Her Mother. July 23rd, 2012.
Stay tuned for more news soon. In the meantime, please read more about our book. Order your copy from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Indie Bound, and Apple today!