A Return to Healing Doctor and Author

Dr. Andy Lazris, MD

For over three decades, Dr. Lazris has cared for mid-life and older adults while leading medical teams in long-term care. He earned his history degree at Brown University, completed medical training at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the University of Virginia, and holds a CMD credential. He also maintains certification as a wound specialist (CWSP).

His writing and public talks focus on helping patients and clinicians make sense of risk, benefits, and trade-offs—replacing complexity and over-medicalization with clear communication and shared decisions. He’s been recognized locally as a “Top Doc” and “America’s Most Honored Doc.”

Philosophy of care

Dr. Lazris believes the best medicine starts with conversation: understanding a person’s goals, clarifying probabilities in plain language, and resisting unnecessary interventions that don’t improve quality of life—especially for older adults.

On A Return to Healing

On this site, Dr. Lazris writes about: over-diagnosis and over-treatment, the limits of guideline-driven care, how to communicate risk so patients can choose confidently, and practical fixes that center people—not systems.

Books by Dr. Andy Lazris, MD

News & Blog

Recent Articles by Dr. Lazris

Content on this site is for general education. It is not a substitute for personalized medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

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