Dr. Leana Wen

physician, patient advocate, and writer

Commentary to general audience

Wen LS. Lyme Disease Online. Why Medical Research Should Include the Patient Perspective. May 22nd, 2013.

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Huffington Post. From a Young Doctor: A Tribute to Nurses. May 14th, 2013.

Wen LS. Huffington Post. 12 Ways to Stay Safe in Hospitals. May 13th, 2013.

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Psychology Today. Should You be a “Patient” or a “Healthcare Consumer”? May 9th, 2013.

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Philadelphia Inquirer. Treat Bomb Victims, Treat Thyself. April 29th, 2013.

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National Public Radio. Boston ER Doctor Finds Marathon Memories Hard to Shake. April 25th, 2013.

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Kevin MD. 12 Tips For Staying Safe In Hospitals. April 25th, 2013.

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House Call Doctor. 6 Tips to Get Your Doctor to Listen to You. April 17th, 2013.

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Kevin MD. Health Reform: China Offers Cautionary Lessons. April 9th, 2013.

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Psychology Today. 12 Ways to Stay Safe in Hospitals. April 4th, 2013.

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Huffington Post. 10 Things That Can Kill You in the Hospital. April 4th, 2013.

Wen LS. Brigham & Women’s Health Blog. Six Tips for Getting Your Doctor to Listen to You. April 4th, 2013.

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Adventures in Medicine. Preserving the Humanity of Our Patients, and Ourselves. March 29th, 2013.

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Psychology Today. 10 Medical Errors That Can Kill You In the Hospital. March 26th, 2013.

Wen LS. Kevin MD. Embrace the Gift That Our Patients Are Giving Us. March 19th, 2013.

Wen LS. The Health Care Blog. What the U.S. Can Learn from China’s Health Care Reform. March 18th, 2013.

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Huffington Post. What the U.S. Can Learn From China’s Health Care Reform. March 14th, 2013.

Wen LS. PBS Next Avenue. 10 Things You Should Bring to Your Doctor’s Appointment. March 11th, 2013.

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Psychology Today. Preserving the Humanity of Patients and Physicians. March 4th, 2013.

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Kevin MD. What Happens if the Doctor Isn’t Sure? February 28th, 2013.

Wen LS. PBS Next Avenue. 5 Ways to Make Your Doctor Your Partner. February 27th, 2013.

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Adventures in Medicine. How a Stubborn “Western” Physician Came to Appreciate Eastern Medicine. February 20th, 2013.

Wen LS. Qi Blog. 6 Lessons from Eastern Chinese Medicine. February 19th, 2013.

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Kevin MD. 6 Tips for Getting Your Doctor to Listen to You. February 13th, 2013.

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Kevin MD. When Patients Feel Trapped by Doctors and the Medical System. February 8th, 2013.

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Adventures in Medicine. From Doctor-Centered to Patient-Centered Care. February 7th, 2013.

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Pregnancy Today. Risks of Norovirus During Pregnancy. February 5th, 2013.

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Health News Digest. Getting Out the Words: A Young Doctor’s Battle With Stuttering. February 4th, 2013.

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Psychology Today. 4 Lessons From the Mother of a Chronically Ill Child. February 2nd, 2013.

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Psychology Today. 6 Lessons Can We Learn From Eastern Chinese Medicine. January 27th, 3013.

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Kevin MD. The Culture of Ruling Out Leads to Misdiagnosis. January 25th, 2013.

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Huffington Post. 6 Tips to Get Your Doctor to Listen. January 25th, 2013.

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Prepared Patient Forum. 5 Steps to Building a Great Partnership With Your Doctor. January 24th, 2013.

Wen LS. Maria Shriver--The Open Field Network Blog. 6 Tips for Getting Your Doctor to Listen to You. January 23rd, 2013.

Wen LS. E-Patient.net and Society for Participatory Medicine. Doctors as E-Patient. January 17th, 2013.

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Kosowsky, K. CNN.com. When Doctors Don’t Listen. January 16th, 2013.

Wen LS. Best Doctors: Clinical Curbside. 5 Steps to Forming a True Partnership With Your Patient. January 15th, 2013.

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Adventures in Medicine. Physician, Seek Help. Don’t Just Heal Thyself. January 15th, 2013.

Wen LS. Huffington Post. 5 Steps to Building a Great Partnership With Your Doctor. January 14th, 2013.

Wen LS. Psychology Today. 10 Things Not to Forget When You Next See Your Doctor. January 12th, 2013.

Wen LS, Kosowsky JM. When Doctors Don’t Listen—How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests. St. Martin’s Press; January 2013).

Wen LS. Huffington Post. Why Diagnosis is the Key to Your Health--and the Health of the Nation. January 4th, 2013.

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Psychology Today. 5 Steps to Forming a True Partnership With Your Doctor. January 1st, 2013.

Wen LS. Huffington Post. 8 Tips for Staying Happy and Healthy During the Holidays. December 22nd, 2012.

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Psychology Today. Physician, Seek Help. December 13th, 2012.

Wen LS. Huffington Post, Inappropriate Use of the ER: An Emergency Physician’s Flirtation with the ER. December 10th, 2012.

Wen LS. Psychology Today. The Forgotten First Step to Shared Decision-Making. December 10th, 2012.

Wen LS. Kevin MD, Social Media’s Leading Physician Voice. Debunking 8 Persistent Health Myths. December 3rd, 2012.

Wen LS. Huffington Post, 10 Things to Bring With You to Every Doctor’s Appointment. November 27th, 2012.

Wen LS. Psychology Today. From Doctor to Patient-Centered Care. November 21st, 2012.

Wen LS. Psychology Today. What You Think You Know Might Not be Right. November 21st, 2012.

Wen LS. Kevin MD, Social Media’s Leading Physician Voice. 5 Steps to Establish a Partnership for Shared Diagnosis. November 18th, 2012.

Wen LS. Kevin MD, Social Media’s Leading Physician Voice. How the Primary Care Shortage Affects the ER. November 6th, 2012.

Wen LS. Prepared Patient Forum of the Center for Advancing Health. From Doctor-Centered to Patient-Centered Care. October 29th, 2012.

Wen LS. Kevin MD, Social Media’s Leading Physician Voice. Preparing for Your Doctor’s Visit: 10 Things to Always Bring. October 23rd, 2012.

Wen LS. Kevin MD, Social Media’s Leading Physician Voice. My Flirtation with the ER has Made Me More Sympathetic Towards Patients. October 10th, 2012.

Wen LS. Kevin MD, Social Media’s Leading Physician Voice. 5 Things that I Want My Patients to Know. September 26th, 2012.

Wen LS. Kevin MD, Social Media’s Leading Physician Voice. The Well Woman Visit: An Easy Way to Obtain Preventive Services. September 12th, 2012.

Wen LS. Prepared Patient Forum of the Center for Advancing Health. My Mother’s End-of-Life Discussion That Changed How She Died. August 21st, 2012.

Wen LS. Kevin MD, Social Media’s Leading Physician Voice. My Mother Couldn’t Advocate for Herself When She Needed It the Most. August 20th, 2012.

Wen LS. Kevin MD, Social Media’s Leading Physician Voice. Improving Medical Care Needs to Involve the Doctor. August 2nd, 2012.

Wen LS. Illinois Health Matters. Well-Woman Visits That Can Improve Your Health. July 29th, 2012.

Wen LS. Our Bodies Ourselves. What’s in the New Health Care Law for Women? July 26th, 2012.

Wen LS. National Women’s Health Network. Countdown to Coverage. July 26th, 2012.

Wen LS. Prepared Patient Forum of the Center for Advancing Health. Why I Write: A Doctor’s Tribute to Her Mother. July 23rd, 2012.

Wen LS. Good news about stuttering, and acceptance. The Washington Post. December 25th 2010.

Wen LS. The Gift of Health; and a Doctor’s Plight. The New York Times. 26 December 2009, Letters.

Wen LS. Reflections on Time. The American Oxonian. Winter 2009; 116:9-14.

Wen LS, Addressing Healthcare Inequities. The New York Times. 24 April 2007, Op ED

Wen LS, McCoy C. “Drug Firms’ Gifts Mar Objectivity.’” Baltimore Sun-Times 31 January 2006, Letters.

Wen LS, McCoy C. “For a Retainer, Lavish Care by ‘Boutique Doctors.’” The New York Times 2 November 2005, Letters.

Wen LS. “Doctor Dearth?” Worth Magazine, November 2005, Opportunities and Exposures.

Wen LS. “Face the Real Issues on Medical Malpractice.” St. Louis Post Dispatch 19 December 2003, Letters.

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“The Future of Our Healthcare System.” Student Life 15 February 2002, Op Ed, natl. ed.