Title
Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics, Director of the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and National Medical Director, Reach Out and Read, Author & Journalist
Company
New York University
Bio
Dr. Klass’ fields of research include medicine and ethics, infectious disease, pediatrics and literacy. She frequently lectures on medicine and writing. As the Medical Director of Reach Out and Read, a national literacy program, Dr. Klass has trained physicians around the country on how to integrate books and the benefits of reading aloud into pediatric care. Dr. Klass is widely published. Her medical journalism has appeared in The New York Times Science Section, The New York Times Magazine, The New England Journal of Medicine, Esquire, Parenting, and Vogue. Her books of essays include A Not Entirely Benign Procedure: Four Years as a Medical Student (Plume, 1994), Baby Doctor: A Pediatrician’s Training (Random House, 1992) and the bestselling novel, Other Women’s Children.