Christopher Kelly

Christopher Rehbeck Kelly, M.D., M.S. is a cardiologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital / Columbia University Medical Center. He graduated summa cum laude from Columbia College with a degree in neuroscience and French literature. He received his medical degree from the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he was valedictorian, and his masters of science in biostatistics from the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health. He served as medical intern, resident, and chief resident at Columbia University Medical Center, where he is currently completing his cardiology fellowship. His academic work has been published in The New England Journal of Medicine and other leading journals. Before pursuing a career in medicine, he briefly worked in the music business, first freelancing for magazines such as Rolling Stone and Spin, then advising record company executives about the transition to digital music. During medical school he briefly merged his passions for medicine and media by serving as a medical writer and producer on the first season of the Dr. Oz Show. He believes that all people should understand how their own bodies work and be able to interpret common problems – hence, this book. His main hobby is spending every possible minute with his wife, Leah, and their three children, Blair, Becks, and Bryce. He also enjoys cooking, writing, and cozying up on the couch with his dog. Marc Sabin Eisenberg, M.D., F.A.C.C., is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center and an Attending Physician at Columbia University Medical Center/New York-Presbyterian Hospital. He graduated from Columbia College with a B.A. in art history, followed by an M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in 1995, where he received the Michael H. Aranow Memorial Prize, awarded to a student who best exemplifies the caring and humane qualities of the practicing physician. He completed his postdoctoral internship, residency, and fellowship in Cardiology at Columbia University Medical Center. He loves his weekly dim sum lunches with his parents; short walks on the beach with his dog; attending Broadway shows with his perfect nieces, Samantha and Julie, and his sister, Amy; and jogging until every muscle in his body hurts. He is an avid reader of murder mysteries and hopes to one day write one (of course with a medical twist). He supports organizations that help deliver food to children who go to sleep hungry (how can kids go to bed hungry in this rich country?! Shame on us!) as well as no-kill animal shelters and families who foster animals. A Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, he lives and works as a clinical cardiologist in New York City.