He is a member of the Board of the Adirondack Center for Writing. Tony continues to summer at their cottage on Upper Saranac Lake, NY.

With his wife, Barbara Starfield, University Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins, Tony moved from Baltimore to Las Cruces NM in 2002 and from there to Menlo Park CA in 2008. Over 150 of his papers have been published in peer-reviewed journals. His short story, The Strange Malady of Alessandro's Uncle (BMJ 2007 335:1306-07, considers the consequences of faulty genetic research. As co-chair of the NIH-Department of Energy Task Force on Genetic Testing, he co-wrote Promoting Safe and Effective Genetic Tests in the United States which lays out criteria for genetic testing in order to reduce diagnostic errors. His book, Proceed with Caution (Johns Hopkins University Press) examines the implications of DNA analysis on medicine and society. At Johns Hopkins, he was Director of Genetics and Public Policy Studies, and core faculty of the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine. From Brooklyn NY, Tony received a BA with High Honors from Swarthmore College, an M.D.

Online writing courses and an on-campus Advanced Novel Workshop at Stanford University, as well as several writing courses at The Great Courses and participation in writers’ groups in Las Cruces NM and Menlo Park CA have helped hone his writing. A fifth, The Bethune Mural, is forthcoming. He has published a short story, and four novels. Since retiring as Professor of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins, Tony (Neil) Holtzman has devoted his career to writing fiction.

Axton Landing by Tony Holtzman