In the medical world, I'm an internist and primary care doctor at Johns Hopkins. I see patients, do research on decision-making, uncertainty, and patient-doctor communication; I teach with residents; and I write about the complexities of healthcare.
In the non-medical world, I write in English and Yiddish, translating as well between both languages. I publish poetry, short stories, and essays/journalism.
Award-winning Carnegie Mellon health economist Martin Gaynor and Zackary Sholem Berger chat in Yiddish about competition, the Affordable Care Act (otherwise known as Obamacare), and the US healthcare system -- and why it's so expensive.
װאָלװיש גײנאָר און שלום בערגער שמועסן װעגן...
Published 05/26/17
Zackary Sholem Berger talks to Alexander Dickow, a poet, translator, and critic working in both French and English, about navigating countries, languages, and esthetics. With cameo appearances by Dr. Seuss, the Babylonian Talmud, and the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Here is the text of the poems...
Published 02/07/17