Oprah has a new book out about GLP1s.. And I went on @npr.org 's It's Been A Minute to talk about it! We talk about the difference between the experience of "feeling fat" and adiposity-based chronic disease, and why it's hard for GLP1 agonists to treat both. www.npr.org/2026/01/16/n...

I went on @npr.org to talk about one piece of good news about women's health: is this the end of the Pap smear? Good riddance. #medsky Please give it a listen, if you'd like: www.npr.org/2026/01/07/n...

Early birds! I'll be on @npr.org 's Morning Edition on Wednesday 1/7 at 6:45 AM talking about *The End of the Pap Smear,* which I wrote about for my latest Real Talk With A Doc column. Please tune in! 🎧#Medsky www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...

Join us Tuesday 1/13 at 1pm EST! #medsky

Join me and an all-star team of @aafp.org family docs in April 2026 to talk about ALL THINGS MENOPAUSE. I'll be talking about midlife body image, a topic near and dear to my heart. #medsky Register here: www.aafp.org/cme/all/wome...

It's shaping up to be a rough flu season. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Join me and a team of all-star family docs from @aafp.org to talk about all things MENOPAUSE. #medsky Coming April 2026. www.aafp.org/cme/all/wome...

Join me and psychiatrist Jennifer Reid for a conversation about the most seductive of emotions: GUILT. On the Substack app.

Are Pap smears a thing of the past? Honestly, good riddance. My latest for @npr.org here: www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...

Sleep is one of life's great pleasures. Why is it so hard? #medsky open.substack.com/pub/maragord...

I recently was a guest on @kuow.org KUOW Public Radio (Seattle's @npr.org station) talking about how I use the framework of body justice to approach questions of body size, body shame, and diet culture in medicine. Please give it a listen! open.spotify.com/episode/4eCp...

Philly Friends! Join us 12/9 at the College of Physicians

To paraphrase the great Joanna Maciejewsha: I want AI to do my prior auths so I can be nice to patients. I don't want AI to be nice to patients so I can do more prior auths. #medsky open.substack.com/pub/maragord...

My latest piece for @npr.org

Why is it so dang hard to get an appointment with a prenatal provider when you first find out you're pregnant? My latest for @npr.org #Medsky www.npr.org/2025/11/11/n...

When I found out I was pregnant four years ago, I remember feeling SO stressed that I'd have to wait until 8 or 9 weeks of pregnancy for a first prenatal appointment. Why is it so hard to get care in early pregnancy? My latest for @npr.org www.npr.org/2025/11/11/n...

I went on the MONEY WITH KATIE podcast to talk about diet culture in health care. moneywithkatie.com/the_mwk_show...

For @npr.org, I wrote about an evergreen topic that endlessly vexes primary care docs: is telehealth sketchy? www.npr.org/2025/09/16/n...

RFK, Jr. comes for primary care open.substack.com/pub/maragord... via @maragordonmd.bsky.social

No supplements for sale here. 🔥 Loved joining the inimitable Virginia Sole-Smith to talk about the menopause industrial complex and body shame in aging. virginiasolesmith.substack.com/p/dr-mara-wi...

this from @maragordonmd.bsky.social about @jessicaslice.bsky.social and her new book. (i am intensely envious of Jessica's power chair right now.)

My latest piece for @npr.org

Powerful piece from @npr.org We have such a long way to go making medicine more welcoming to people with disabilities - both patients and doctors. #medsky www.npr.org/2025/05/15/n...

Dr Gordon's rules of primary care. To get a blood pressure machine covered by insurance, you need a diagnosis of hypertension. To get a diagnosis of hypertension, you need a blood pressure machine. (Ok, there are actually a few ways to diagnose HTN, but home BP checks are the gold standard.) 🤯

Election day, Philly!!

My essay for @npr.org

Why bother traveling with kids? Read my justification at maragordonmd.substack.com ❤️

A research colleague here at Harvard Medical School has been detained by ICE since February. Her story is powerful and disturbing. Please read: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...

Dr Gordon's rules of primary care: Sometimes the patient isn't the patient. Sometimes the family is the patient. #medsky

The mayor has been protesting the opening of the facility throughout this week, saying its operators did not get proper permits

I loooved talking to Mara for this (a family doctor who is realistic and empathetic about how dismissive doctors can be about bodies) www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...

Doing this inspiring interview for @npr.org with @caseyjohnston.bsky.social actually made me.... Go do pushups. 💪 In 'Physical Education,' a writer chooses weightlifting over dieting www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...

My latest piece for @npr.org (it's a personal one!)

Take a minute from your day and read this chilling story about how quickly we've gotten to where we are.

We're starting to see the other shoe drop with GLP-1 drugs. This is an amazing essay from an MD @maragordonmd.bsky.social who experienced the side effects and decided taking Ozempic wasn't worth the discomfort. We need to continue challenging the myth that thin = healthy www.npr.org/2025/04/24/n...

I quit Ozempic and embraced feeling healthy over striving for thinness www.npr.org/2025/04/24/n... via @maragordonmd.bsky.social

My latest piece for @NPR

I have exciting news to share: I'm writing a book! In 2023, I wrote an essay for NPR about, basically, how I had stopped yelling at my patients to lose weight. I was worried I'd be harassed for publicly stating that I believed it was possible to be fat and healthy.

This is a terrible idea.

Free them all.

Great. Great plan.

Dr. Gordon's rules of primary care: Diabetes is a stigmatized disease. But it's possible to take great care of patients without body shame. I try to focus on med adherence, behaviors rather than BMI, and talk about food in morally neutral terms. Fat-shaming is not an effective treatment.

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This is so, so urgent.

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

Disappearing people without any due process is fascism — full stop. I’m sick to my stomach and we all should be.

Dr. Gordon’s rules of primary care: I’m consistently shocked by the number of patients I have who want to quit smoking WITHOUT the help of medications. (Like nicotine patches or Chantix). “I want to do it cold turkey, Doc,” they say. “I can do it without a medicine.” #medsky

you know things are going well when they break out the turnip photos

Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.

Trump putted while global markets burned. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...