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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My Patients, My Heart, My Heavy Weight

Andrea Eisenberg, MD

Apr 8, 2019

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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

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'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

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Maintaining Curiosity For Patients Through Sketch Drawing

Enoemem Okpokpo

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

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Painting the Pain

Heather Finlay-Morreale, MD

Feb 13, 2019 Link to Painting the Pain

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

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'

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'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'

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'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'

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Before I Forget

Brian Gilmer, MD

Jan 24, 2019 Link to Before I Forget

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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

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Chief complaint: “He predicts earthquakes”

Ronald Louie, MD

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

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What It Means To Be A Physician

Frank Cusimano

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

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“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”article image

“All of It Was Majestic and Terrifying”

Monisha Vasa, MD

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

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“Grappling This Present Moment”

Ronald Louie, MD

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

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"Love Is What Keeps Me Here"

Monisha Vasa, MD

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

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“My First Patient Is My Doctor”

Pratibha Anand

Sep 10, 2018 Link to “My First Patient Is My Doctor”

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“Healing Hands”

Ai Yamasaki

Sep 6, 2018 Link to “Healing Hands”

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“Something Is off Tonight”

Dawn Gross, MD PhD

Aug 30, 2018 Link to “Something Is off Tonight”

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Bullet in the Heart

Sebastian Conti, MD

Aug 30, 2018 Link to Bullet in the Heart

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“No One Learns in the Middle of a Crisis”

Karlie Haug

Aug 23, 2018 Link to “No One Learns in the Middle of a Crisis”

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What Needed to Be Said

Monisha Vasa, MD

Jul 26, 2018 Link to What Needed to Be Said