Dr Lisa Sanders Photo: Supplied / Robert A Lisak
Dr Lisa Sanders is an internist on the faculty of the Yale School of Medicine where she teaches topics related to clinical reasoning and diagnosis to both medical students and residents.
Sanders graduated from Yale Medical School and did her residency with their Internal Medicine Primary Care Residency Program.
In 2002 Sanders created the popular Diagnosis column for the New York Times Magazine which she continues to write twice a month.
Her column was the inspiration for the hit television series House MD and she was an advisor for the show. These days she is working on a documentary series based on her column to be aired on Netflix in 2019.
Lisa is also the author of the New York Times best seller, Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis.
She has been in Wellington to give a public lecture at Victoria University this week.
