Dr. Danielle Ofri, MD
Not yet claimedInternal medicine doctor, Family medicine doctor · Physician (MD)
New York, NY
Danielle Ofri is an internal medicine physician at Bellevue Hospital in New York City and a clinical professor at NYU. She also writes widely for the public about medicine and patient care.
About Dr. Danielle Ofri, MD
Updated Sep 20, 2026 · next review Dec 19, 2026Dr. Danielle Ofri is a primary care internist at Bellevue Hospital in New York City and a Clinical Professor of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Her office is listed at 462 First Avenue, Suite 2C, New York, NY 10016. Her practice is described as comprehensive primary care for adults, including preventive care and both short-term and long-term health conditions.
She earned both her MD and a PhD in pharmacology at New York University, where her doctoral work focused on the biochemistry of opiate receptors. She completed her internal medicine residency at NYU from 1993 to 1996. Healthgrades describes her as a board-certified internist.
Outside of seeing patients, she is a writer and editor. She founded and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Bellevue Literary Review, and she has written six books published by Beacon Press, including 'When We Do Harm' (2020) and 'What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear' (2017). Her essays have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Lancet, and the New England Journal of Medicine. She was named a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow in General Nonfiction and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
CMS Open Payments records show $0 in industry payments to her across 0 records for 2021 through 2025. Payments from drug and device companies are common and legal; in her case, none are reported.
- Primary care at Bellevue
- She practices primary care internal medicine at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, seeing adults for preventive care and acute and chronic conditions. doctor.webmd.com
- MD and PhD from NYU
- She holds both an MD and a PhD from New York University; her doctoral research in pharmacology studied opiate receptors. med.nyu.edu
- Internal medicine residency
- She completed her internal medicine residency at NYU Grossman School of Medicine from 1993 to 1996. doximity.com
- Board certified internist
- Healthgrades lists her as a board-certified internist practicing in New York, NY. healthgrades.com
- Clinical professor at NYU
- She is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. med.nyu.edu
- Founder of literary journal
- She founded and is Editor-in-Chief of the Bellevue Literary Review, described as the first literary journal to come out of a medical setting. danielleofri.com
- Author of six books
- She has written six books for Beacon Press on medicine and the doctor-patient relationship, including 'When We Do Harm' (2020) and 'What Doctors Feel' (2013). A new book, 'The Body Knows How to Die,' is forthcoming. penguinrandomhouse.com
- Guggenheim Fellowship 2023
- NYU lists her as a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow in General Nonfiction. nyu.edu
- Fellow, American College of Physicians
- She is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Curry College in Boston. med.nyu.edu
- No industry payments reported
- CMS Open Payments shows $0 in reported industry payments across 0 records for 2021 through 2025. openpaymentsdata.cms.gov
Worth knowing
- Some directories list her under family medicine, but no source found describes family medicine training or certification. All sources describe her as an internal medicine and primary care physician. med.nyu.edu
- Directory listings disagree on her medical school graduation year: Healthgrades lists 1993 from NYU Grossman School of Medicine, while WebMD lists 1992. healthgrades.com
Industry payments (CMS Open Payments)
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No general payments reported for this NPI from 2021 through 2025.
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Practice location
NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue
462 1st Ave
New York, NY 10016
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