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Cristina LePort

Cristina LePort

Dr. Cristina LePort was born in Bologna, Italy. She attended medical school at the University of Bologna and then completed her medical training at Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn and at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases and has been practicing medicine for more than thirty years. Cristina is also the Chief Medical Officer and co-founder of Genescient, a biotech company devoted to genetic research on aging and the amelioration of chronic diseases. Medicine and fiction are her twin passions, and she is absolutely thrilled to be able to share her medical thrillers with the world. Cristina LePort currently resides in Orange County, California, with her husband Peter LePort, a general surgeon. They have three children and three grandchildren. Her latest novel, Defrosted, is available now.

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Books About the Future of Medicine, Featuring Michael Crichton

Medicine is no longer confined to hospitals, scalpels and stethoscopes. It is moving quietly but relentlessly into territory once reserved for speculation: clones, artificial consciousness, genetic editing, suspended death. Fiction has been there first. The best medical thrillers and speculative novels don’t just entertain, they pressure-test ideas before reality catches…
Cristina LePort
June 18, 2026