Zackary Berger
Zackary Berger, M.D., Ph.D., is a practicing primary care/internal medicine doctor and an Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where he teaches medical students and residents. He researches doctor-patient communication in the clinic and in the hospital to understand how our health care system can be made more responsive to ordinary people.
His first book, Talking to Your Doctor A Patient's Guide to Communication in the Exam Room and Beyond, is based on his expertise and the experience of his patients. His second book, Making Sense of Medicine, is meant to bridge imperfect medical evidence with the preferences of ordinary people.
Under the pen name Zackary Sholem Berger, he is also a poet, journalist, and translator in Yiddish and English. His Not in the Same Breath זאָג כאָטש להבֿדיל, a book of Yiddish and English poetry, followed the success of his Yiddish-language translations of beloved children's classics including Di Kats Der Payats The Cat In The Hat, Curious George in Yiddish George Der Naygeriker, and Eyn Fish Tsvey Fish Royter Fish Bloyer Fish One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish In Yiddish Yiddish Edition.
His first book, Talking to Your Doctor A Patient's Guide to Communication in the Exam Room and Beyond, is based on his expertise and the experience of his patients. His second book, Making Sense of Medicine, is meant to bridge imperfect medical evidence with the preferences of ordinary people.
Under the pen name Zackary Sholem Berger, he is also a poet, journalist, and translator in Yiddish and English. His Not in the Same Breath זאָג כאָטש להבֿדיל, a book of Yiddish and English poetry, followed the success of his Yiddish-language translations of beloved children's classics including Di Kats Der Payats The Cat In The Hat, Curious George in Yiddish George Der Naygeriker, and Eyn Fish Tsvey Fish Royter Fish Bloyer Fish One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish In Yiddish Yiddish Edition.
