This chapter profiles Dr. Perri Klass, a pioneering physician-writer who revolutionized medical memoir and literacy promotion in pediatric care (Klass P, Bio. Perri Klass, MD. https://www.perriklass.com/bio , n.d.; Klass P, Books. Perri Klass, MD. https://www.perriklass.com/books , n.d.; National Library of Medicine, Biography—Dr. Perri Klass. Changing the Face of Medicine. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/changing-the-face-of-medicine/physicians/biography_perri_klass.html , n.d.). Born in Trinidad to parents who were both writers and academics, Dr. Klass graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1986 and completed pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital Boston, specializing in pediatric infectious diseases (Klass P, Bio. Perri Klass, MD. https://www.perriklass.com/bio , n.d.; Klass P, Books. Perri Klass, MD. https://www.perriklass.com/books , n.d.; National Library of Medicine, Biography—Dr. Perri Klass. Changing the Face of Medicine. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/changing-the-face-of-medicine/physicians/biography_perri_klass.html , n.d.). Her groundbreaking 1987 memoir “A Not Entirely Benign Procedure,” established the residency memoir genre, offering unprecedentedly honest accounts of medical training including pregnancy during medical school (Klass P, Bio. Perri Klass, MD. https://www.perriklass.com/bio , n.d.; American Medical Association Journal of Ethics, Perri Klass, MD. https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/perri-klass-md/2000-05 , 2000, May). As National Medical Director of Reach Out and Read, she transformed a single-hospital initiative into a national literacy movement, distributing millions of books annually to 4.8 million children across 4500 locations (American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Perri Klass. https://www.amacad.org/person/perri-klass , 2021; Reach Out and Read, About us. https://reachoutandread.org/about/ , 2022). A five-time O. Henry Award winner, Dr. Klass has published 15 books spanning memoir, fiction, and public health while serving as Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics at NYU (Klass P, Bio. Perri Klass, MD. https://www.perriklass.com/bio , n.d.; The Nocturnists, The 100-year turnaround in child survival with Perri Klass, MD. https://thenocturnists.org/podcast/the-100-year-turnaround-in-child-survival-with-perri-klass-md , 2024). Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2021, she continues writing her weekly New York Times column, “The Checkup (Klass P, Bio. Perri Klass, MD. https://www.perriklass.com/bio , n.d.; American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Perri Klass. https://www.amacad.org/person/perri-klass , 2021; NYU Journalism, Prof. Perri Klass has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. https://journalism.nyu.edu/about-us/news-post/2021/04/29/prof-perri-klass-has-been-elected-to-the-american-academy-of-arts-and-sciences-aaas/ , 2021, April 29).”

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Ogochukwu M. Cox

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This chapter profiles Dr. Perri Klass, a pioneering physician-writer who revolutionized medical memoir and literacy promotion in pediatric care (Klass P, Bio. Perri Klass, MD. https://www.perriklass.com/bio , n.d.; Klass P, Books. Perri Klass, MD. https://www.perriklass.com/books , n.d.; National Library of Medicine, Biography—Dr. Perri Klass. Changing the Face of Medicine. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/changing-the-face-of-medicine/physicians/biography_perri_klass.html , n.d.). Born in Trinidad to parents who were both writers and academics, Dr. Klass graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1986 and completed pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital Boston, specializing in pediatric infectious diseases (Klass P, Bio. Perri Klass, MD. https://www.perriklass.com/bio , n.d.; Klass P, Books. Perri Klass, MD. https://www.perriklass.com/books , n.d.; National Library of Medicine, Biography—Dr. Perri Klass. Changing the Face of Medicine. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/changing-the-face-of-medicine/physicians/biography_perri_klass.html , n.d.). Her groundbreaking 1987 memoir “A Not Entirely Benign Procedure,” established the residency memoir genre, offering unprecedentedly honest accounts of medical training including pregnancy during medical school (Klass P, Bio. Perri Klass, MD. https://www.perriklass.com/bio , n.d.; American Medical Association Journal of Ethics, Perri Klass, MD. https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/perri-klass-md/2000-05 , 2000, May). As National Medical Director of Reach Out and Read, she transformed a single-hospital initiative into a national literacy movement, distributing millions of books annually to 4.8 million children across 4500 locations (American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Perri Klass. https://www.amacad.org/person/perri-klass , 2021; Reach Out and Read, About us. https://reachoutandread.org/about/ , 2022). A five-time O. Henry Award winner, Dr. Klass has published 15 books spanning memoir, fiction, and public health while serving as Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics at NYU (Klass P, Bio. Perri Klass, MD. https://www.perriklass.com/bio , n.d.; The Nocturnists, The 100-year turnaround in child survival with Perri Klass, MD. https://thenocturnists.org/podcast/the-100-year-turnaround-in-child-survival-with-perri-klass-md , 2024). Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2021, she continues writing her weekly New York Times column, “The Checkup (Klass P, Bio. Perri Klass, MD. https://www.perriklass.com/bio , n.d.; American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Perri Klass. https://www.amacad.org/person/perri-klass , 2021; NYU Journalism, Prof. Perri Klass has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. https://journalism.nyu.edu/about-us/news-post/2021/04/29/prof-perri-klass-has-been-elected-to-the-american-academy-of-arts-and-sciences-aaas/ , 2021, April 29).”