Medical Humanities

Medical Humanities is a series on Op-Med, which showcases creative work by Doximity members. Art, music, dance, poetry, and all mixtures in-between or newly expressed are welcome.

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The Day of Surgery: The Disease

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Joshua Goldman, MD

Read The Day of Surgery: The Gas

Link to Joshua Goldman, MD's page

The Day of Surgery: The Gas

Joshua Goldman, MD

Jun 10, 2019 Link to The Day of Surgery: The Gas

Link to Mariam Gomaa's page

Takotsubo

May 24, 2019 Link to Takotsubo

Read Song of My Cells: The Pathologist's Poem

Link to David Weissmann, MD's page

Song of My Cells: The Pathologist's Poem

David Weissmann, MD

Apr 19, 2019 Link to Song of My Cells: The Pathologist's Poem

Read 'The Harshness of the Words Remembered': A Poem for Doctor Artists

Link to Frank Cusimano's page

'The Harshness of the Words Remembered': A Poem for Doctor Artists

Apr 11, 2019 Link to 'The Harshness of the Words Remembered': A Poem for Doctor Artists

Read My Patients, My Heart, My Heavy Weight

Link to Andrea Eisenberg, MD's page

My Patients, My Heart, My Heavy Weight

Andrea Eisenberg, MD

Apr 8, 2019 Link to My Patients, My Heart, My Heavy Weight

Read Excerpt from 'The Surgeon's Obol': A Look into the First Year of Surgical Internship

Link to Arthur B. Williams, MD's page

Excerpt from 'The Surgeon's Obol': A Look into the First Year of Surgical Internship

Arthur B. Williams, MD

Apr 4, 2019 Link to Excerpt from 'The Surgeon's Obol': A Look into the First Year of Surgical Internship

Read 'You Need Help But Not From Us': A Poem on Burnout

Link to Rita Agarwal, MD's page

'You Need Help But Not From Us': A Poem on Burnout

Rita Agarwal, MD

Mar 27, 2019 Link to 'You Need Help But Not From Us': A Poem on Burnout

Read Maintaining Curiosity For Patients Through Sketch Drawing

Link to Enoemem Okpokpo's page

Maintaining Curiosity For Patients Through Sketch Drawing

Enoemem Okpokpo

Feb 28, 2019 Link to Maintaining Curiosity For Patients Through Sketch Drawing

Read Painting the Pain

Link to Heather Finlay-Morreale, MD's page

Painting the Pain

Heather Finlay-Morreale, MD

Feb 13, 2019 Link to Painting the Pain

Read More Than MD: Our Creative Outlets Can Make Us Better Doctors

Link to Akua Ampadu, MD's page

More Than MD: Our Creative Outlets Can Make Us Better Doctors

Akua Ampadu, MD

Feb 6, 2019 Link to More Than MD: Our Creative Outlets Can Make Us Better Doctors

Read The New 'Golden Age' of Medicine: 'There's No Better Time to Be a Doctor'

Link to Arlen David Meyers, MD, MBA's page

The New 'Golden Age' of Medicine: 'There's No Better Time to Be a Doctor'

Arlen David Meyers, MD, MBA

Feb 5, 2019 Link to The New 'Golden Age' of Medicine: 'There's No Better Time to Be a Doctor'

Read 'I Try to Remember the Breath I Was Born With'

Link to Samantha Williams's page

'I Try to Remember the Breath I Was Born With'

Samantha Williams

Feb 4, 2019 Link to 'I Try to Remember the Breath I Was Born With'

Read 'The Needle in His Arm, the Fall From Grace'

Link to Monisha Vasa, MD's page

'The Needle in His Arm, the Fall From Grace'

Monisha Vasa, MD

Jan 28, 2019 Link to 'The Needle in His Arm, the Fall From Grace'

Read Before I Forget

Link to Brian Gilmer, MD's page

Before I Forget

Brian Gilmer, MD

Jan 24, 2019 Link to Before I Forget

Read Side Hustles: Good Ideas, Bad Ideas, and Lawsuits Waiting to Happen

Link to A Doctor's Worth's page

Side Hustles: Good Ideas, Bad Ideas, and Lawsuits Waiting to Happen

A Doctor's Worth

Jan 11, 2019 Link to Side Hustles: Good Ideas, Bad Ideas, and Lawsuits Waiting to Happen

Read Chief complaint: “He predicts earthquakes”

Link to Ronald Louie, MD's page

Chief complaint: “He predicts earthquakes”

Ronald Louie, MD

Nov 8, 2018 Link to Chief complaint: “He predicts earthquakes”

Read What It Means To Be A Physician

Link to Frank Cusimano's page

What It Means To Be A Physician

Oct 18, 2018 Link to What It Means To Be A Physician

Read “He Spied the Box of Silly, Tattered Toys”

Link to Ronald Louie, MD's page

“He Spied the Box of Silly, Tattered Toys”

Ronald Louie, MD

Oct 12, 2018 Link to “He Spied the Box of Silly, Tattered Toys”

Read “All of It Was Majestic and Terrifying”

Link to Monisha Vasa, MD's page

“All of It Was Majestic and Terrifying”

Monisha Vasa, MD

Sep 28, 2018 Link to “All of It Was Majestic and Terrifying”

Read “Grappling This Present Moment”

Link to Ronald Louie, MD's page

“Grappling This Present Moment”

Ronald Louie, MD

Sep 20, 2018 Link to “Grappling This Present Moment”

Read "Love Is What Keeps Me Here"

Link to Monisha Vasa, MD's page

"Love Is What Keeps Me Here"

Monisha Vasa, MD

Sep 13, 2018 Link to "Love Is What Keeps Me Here"