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Lydia Kang, MD, Internal Medicine, Omaha, NE, Nebraska Medicine - Nebraska Medical Center

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Internal Medicine • Omaha, NE

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Summary

  • I am a board-certified internal medicine physician practicing primary care in Omaha, Nebraska. I am also an author of young adult and adult fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. My books include A BEAUTIFUL POISON (Lake Union Publishing), THE NOVEMBER GIRL (Entangled/Macmillan), CONTROL (Penguin Random House), and QUACKERY: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything (Workman Publishing). My upcoming books include the YA novel TOXIC (Nov 2018, Entangled/Macmillan) and THE IMPOSSIBLE GIRL (Sept 2018, Lake Union Publishing). My poetry and essays have appeared in JAMA, the Annals of Internal Medicine, Canadian Medical Association Journal, and the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Education & Training

  • NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1998 - 2002
  • New York University School of Medicine
    New York University School of MedicineClass of 1998
  • Columbia University
    Columbia UniversityBA, Biology/Premed/English Literature, 1989 - 1993

Certifications & Licensure

  • NE State Medical License
    NE State Medical License 2006 - 2024
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1999 - 2006
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Nebraska Book Award Nebraska Center for the Book, 2018
  • Best Science Book of 2017 Science Friday, 2018
  • Outstanding Dedication in Mentoring Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2017
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Publications & Presentations

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Authored Content

  • A Brief History of Eating HumansJune 2018
  • A Brief History of Eating HumansJune 2018

Press Mentions

  • A Brief History of Eating Humans
    A Brief History of Eating HumansJune 2nd, 2018
  • The Physician Who Pens YA Fiction Novels About Magic and Medicine
    The Physician Who Pens YA Fiction Novels About Magic and MedicineJanuary 9th, 2018
  • How an Internist Sold Four Novels
    How an Internist Sold Four NovelsJuly 12th, 2016
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