Liana Meffert
Physician. Writer. Poet.

About
Dr. Liana Meffert holds a medical degree from University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine with distinction in health and humanities. She currently practices emergency medicine in Wisconsin.
Her work surveys the intersectionality of medicine, poetry, and personal narrative.
New & Upcoming
WCW Poetry Competition
I Call Poison Control
X-R-A-Y
The Maine Review
Essays
Doximity Op-Med Fellow
https://opmed.doximity.com/authors/liana-meffert
Medscape Blogs
https://www.medscape.com/index/list_14715_0
Peatsmoke Journal
How Could You Do a Thing Like That
The Lancet
The things we carry
Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine
Death Is Usually an Easy Diagnosis
U.S. News & World Report
Applying to Med School After Your Third Year of College
Robert D. Sparks Writing Contest
Metaphors in Medicine: The Body Speaks
Poetry
Exposition Review
The Joke
SWIMM
This Summer We Are All Siphoning Love Through Biodegradable Straws
South Florida Poetry Journal (SoFloPoJo)
How to Save a Life
Ars Medica
Wednesday Night
Academic EM Journal
ER Seasons
Irvin David Yalom, M.D. Literary Award
What You See Here, Stays Here.
Carol A. Bowman Awards
I Am the Magician’s Girl Who Does Not Flinch
Vietnam Surgeon
August & Everything After
Death Pronouncement
JAMA
Midwife
The F. Sean Hodge Prize for Poetry in Medicine
An Invitation to the ER
Science
Ortho EM Pearls
Doggone It!
All Stressed Out: A Runner’s Story
Medscape Case Challenges
A 12-Year-Old With Urinary Retention Who Can’t Grasp Objects
A Sexually Active 29-Year-Old Man With a Weak Urine Stream
Anxiety.org
Studies show friendship can improve mental health
Emory Neuroethics Blog
23andMe: The Ethics of Genetic Testing for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Sonoma Medicine Journal
To Whom Much is Given…
