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NOVEMBER 14 @ 1 PM EST – ZOOM
November 14, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Author: Jonathan Reisman – Virtual
The Unseen Body: A Doctor’s Journey Through the Hidden Wonders of Human Anatomy
Moderator: Dr. Jonathan Trobe
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The Unseen Body brings readers on a unique journey navigating our insides like an explorer discovering a new world. Each chapter is about one specific body part or bodily fluid, and each combines stories from Dr. Reisman’s medical training and career with stories about travel, culture, nature, and food.
Jonathan Reisman M.D. is a doctor of internal medicine and pediatrics, as well as an author, naturalist, traveler, and teacher of wilderness survival and prehistoric crafts. He has practiced medicine in some of the world’s most remote places, including the Russian and Alaskan Arctic, Antarctica, at high-altitude in Nepal, rural Appalachia, the urban slums of Kolkata, India and among the Oglala Sioux in South Dakota. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Slate and Discover Magazine. He runs a non-profit to improve healthcare and education in India, and he lives in Philadelphia with his wife and children.