Lydia Y Kang MD FACP

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine

988095 Nebraska Medical CtrOmaha, NE 68198
Phone+1 402-559-9800
Fax+1 402-559-9840

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Summary

I am a board-certified internal medicine physician and author of 13 books, including A BEAUTIFUL POISON (Lake Union Publishing), THE NOVEMBER GIRL (Entangled/Macmillan), QUACKERY: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything (Workman Publishing) and Star Wars: CATACLYSM (Random House Worlds). My poetry and essays have appeared in JAMA and the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Education & Training

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

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Certifications & Licensure

IA State Medical License 2023 - 2027
NE State Medical License 2006 - 2026
NY State Medical License 1999 - 2006
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

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

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Let's move our next generation of patients toward healthy behaviors.
Phyllis A. Nsiah-Kumi, Lydia Y Kang, Jennifer R Parker
Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. 2012-04-17
An infinite fraction.
Lydia Y Kang
Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2010-07-01
Poetry: They were beautiful once.
Lydia Y Kang
CMAJ. 2009-10-27

Authored Content

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

Press Mentions

Dr. Suh to Open New McGoogan Speaker SeriesFebruary 10th, 2021
‘Health Care Works Are Exhausted,’ UNMC Letter Receives 2k+ SignaturesNovember 18th, 2020
Publishers Snap up Coronavirus Books, from Covid-19 Case Studies to Pandemic PoetryMay 18th, 2020