Little Miss Diagnosed

A Surgeon’s Guide to Breaking Bones and Bending Rules

By: Erin Nance MD

Narrated by: Erin Nance MD

From the real-life Meredith Grey, comes an inspiring collection of essays based on Dr. Erin Nance’s popular TikTok account @littlemissdiagnosed, detailing Dr. Nance’s journey as a young female orthopedic surgeon navigating challenging cases and ethical dilemmas in the high-stakes, cutthroat world of medicine.

In her debut essay collection, renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. Erin Nance offers a raw, unfiltered look into the exhilarating yet complicated world of healthcare. Compassionate, honest, and most of all, transformative, Little Miss Diagnosed tells the story of how a modern female surgeon survived family tragedy, systemic sexism, and everything New York City had to throw at her, to become the most trusted doctor on the internet. Through her popular social media presence, she has become a trusted figure for shedding light on these issues, making her insights and advice invaluable to readers. Little Miss Diagnosed offers even more of that unique and unfiltered perspective on the healthcare system, providing readers with a deeper understanding of its inner workings and how to navigate it effectively.

As thought-provoking, as it is revealing, what started as an honest attempt at sharing stories to humanize medicine, became a catalyst for @littlemissdiagnosed, Nance’s viral TikTok account that has grown to inspire thousands daily. With gripping accounts of true cases, Little Miss Diagnosed serves as a powerful testament to the resilience and care often thought missing in the medical world. The essay collection expands on familiar favorite stories and brings in a bevy of new ones. Nance's dedication to listening to her patients and finding personal solutions bring to mind the dedication and tenaciousness of the beloved Meredith Grey, but in an equally challenging and even more male-dominated specialty. From lying to hospital administrators to get a homeless woman a lifesaving surgery to solving a one-year long medical mystery Dr. House style, each anecdote reflects Dr. Nance's commitment to her patients and the world at large. With decades of expertise under her belt, Dr. Nance’s Little Miss Diagnosed goes beyond memoir, allowing readers to feel they have slipped on their own white coats, solving cases and treating people, while recognizing what it’s like to live within the American health care system and the dedication it takes to move beyond it.

Erin!!!!

I absolutely loved it. I hope someday to be able to meet her and ask what to do with my own health issues, endometriosis, fibromyalgia, now, CRPS adding a little bit of autism and ADHD with of course the depression and anxiety that go hand-in-hand…. I’ve never gotten to experience a medical doctor quite like she is. A kind one an open one, that views you as an individual and doesn’t just refer you to 1 million people or ignore you. I feel like I’ve been in medical doctors offices where if I would’ve told them I was a cat about to climb the wall. They probably would’ve continued to have their head. She gives me hope that someday I might be able to actually overcome my medical CPTSD, but I guess I would have to find a doctor that has even a 10th of the empathy that she exudes in her videos and the way that she tells all of the other stories. She gives people dignity, I feel like for somebody like me that’s very far and feeling in between so to speak, but also one of the most painful side effects to chronic illnesses/pain is the way that people view you eventually without the right support in place you view yourself the same way. She helped me find my voice just recently, although I still don’t have a medical doctor to treat the CRPS, which is probably the most important currently I will not continue to be abused the way that I have in the validating fact that there are good people out there that I could get treated by just gives me that little bit of hope I need to keep trying.
Thank you for sharing your story your hardships, your family, and your struggles with us, thank you for viewing people like myself and people that are homeless are with mental health issues the same way you would view anybody else coming in… again dignity is so important as well as empathy. We can always tell the difference when it’s pity and annoyance. Keep doing what you do and again I hope one day I get to meet you by the way everybody I did the audio version because I also have dyslexia, but it was a very easy listen it’s her own voice. It’s just as upbeat but also like serious when it needs to be as all of her social media videos it was extremely enjoyable and I’m sad that it’s over.

This Lady is a Superstar

I love this ladies spunk! What a great story….I could hardly put it down. I’ll listen to it again. I hope she writes more books!

loved it!

Although i dont know her personally, I love Dr. Nance. She's a great story teller, smart, compassionate and funny. Great listen.

The most honest reflection of the doctor’s journey.

Erin Nance is very special orthopedic surgeon who is dedicated to her patients and to making sure medicine is available to everyone. Her experiences inspire us to have hope despite the obstacles we face.
Erin used social media to reach a larger audience for her academic and professional experiences. The present difficulty we have in America is the insurance industry that denies care to patients.
Read this book and hope, as I do, that Netflix will have Erin’s stories for streaming.

enjoyable and insightful

I loved hearing about how she became the surgeon she is today. There wasn't a lot of fluff. She was straight forward and authentic.