Marc Siegel MD is an internist and associate professor of medicine at the NYU School of Medicine where he is the medical director of Doctor Radio, a joint project with NYU and Sirius Satellite Radio. Dr. Siegel is a Fox News Medical Contributor, and he writes a Blog for Foxnews.com called "Dr. Siegel's Take." Dr. Siegel is also a columnist for the LA Times Health section, author of "The Unreal World." He is a frequent contributor for the NY Post, Washington Post, and is a member of the board of contributors at USA Today. Dr. Siegel's books include the novel Bellevue (S&S 1998), False Alarm: the Truth About the Epidemic of Fear (Wiley 2005), and Bird Flu: Everything You Need to Know About the Next Pandemic (Wiley 2006). His new book, (Wiley, 2009) will look at strange events in health care that are not definable by science.
seeing bird flu and pandemic preparation in perspective in terms of real risks and appropriate responses
Fear in perspective - fear as a warning system, fear as an overreaction - looking at the psychological, physiologic, and neurologic aspects of fear
examination of doctoring and how it has evolved amid shrinking fees and expanding technologies. I examine core doctor identities
an overview of medical journalism and the health oriented oped.