Michelle Izmaylov (born March 30, 1991) is an American physician and writer of fantasy-fiction books for young adults. She is the author of the bestseller ''Dream Saver'', and currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Early life and education
Michelle Izmaylov was born March 30, 1991, in
Los Angeles
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,
California
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. She is a first-generation
Russian American
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, and lives in
Atlanta
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, Georgia.
Izmaylov graduated from
Alpharetta High School
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in 2009. In the previous year, she was selected as a member of 21st Century Leader's 20 Under 20.
She completed training as a resident physician in internal medicine at
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
The Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is a medical provider with multiple hospitals in Nashville, Tennessee, as well as clinics and facilities throughout Middle Tennessee. VUMC is an independent non-profit organization, but maintains acad ...
after graduating from the
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
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as a
Cornelius Vanderbilt
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Scholar and from
Emory University
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in May 2013 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Chemistry.
Career
[ ''The Pocket Watch'', Izmaylov's first novel, was published when she was 13. Izmaylov's second book, ''Dream Saver'', was published traditionally through Mercury Publishing when Izmaylov won an essay contest with the publisher.][ The book rose to number 5 on ]Barnes & Noble
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's daily Top 10 fantasy fiction best-seller list.Salman Rushdie
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for his Master Class in Creative Writing. Her novella ''Ricochet'' was published in June 2013.
Her most recent literary work explores narrative medicine. She received first place in the 2016 national Gold – Hope Tang, MD Humanism in Medicine Essay Contest for
Your Soul is Not Concrete
" Her medical essays, such as
Two Creams, Three Sugars
and
The Seventh Year
, have been published widely in some of the most recognized medical journals such as the Journal of General Internal Medicine, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Academic Medicine, and Academic Emergency Medicine.
In 2020, while finishing her residency training and beginning work as a hospitalist on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, she partnered with Dr. Thea Tran to raise over $8,000 in one week to support the Nashville VA environmental services staff. This served as a launching point for the From Two Doctors project with a goal to share the stories of those who have been impacted by the pandemic. The project won a grant from the
Vessi Community Fund
in addition to receiving sponsorships from many national companies.
References
External links
20 Under 20
* ttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/studentnews/09/10/izmaylov.interview/index.html CNN Interview
FutureWord Publishing
*
The Tennessean
NewsChannel 5
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1991 births
Living people
21st-century American novelists
American fantasy writers
American women novelists
American writers of Russian descent
American women science fiction and fantasy writers
21st-century American women writers
Writers from Los Angeles
Writers from Atlanta
Novelists from Georgia (U.S. state)
21st-century American physicians