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Spencer Nadler

Spencer Nadler is a physician who has practiced in California for twenty-five years. Author of The Language Of Cells: A Doctor And His Patients (Random House), his work has appeared in Glimmer Train and Harper’s.

Spring 2016

An Ambulance Ride

By Spencer Nadler

The newly-minted 1970 ambulance was a gleaming red van-like affair that came with an EMT who doubled as our driver; a senior obstetrical resident sat up front beside him. As […]