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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A Bright Cry: A Child Born in the CCU

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Lilit Sargsyan, MD

Read Separating the Person from the Pathology

Link to Noah Feld's page

Separating the Person from the Pathology

Nov 1, 2021 Link to Separating the Person from the Pathology

Read Why I’m Laughing About Beets In the Exam Room

Link to Brian Gilmer, MD's page

Why I’m Laughing About Beets In the Exam Room

Brian Gilmer, MD

Oct 12, 2021 Link to Why I’m Laughing About Beets In the Exam Room

Read Our Carefully Assembled Selves

Link to Dahlia Kronfli's page

Our Carefully Assembled Selves

Oct 4, 2021 Link to Our Carefully Assembled Selves

Read The Hospital Chapel

Link to Bonnie Salomon, MD's page

The Hospital Chapel

Bonnie Salomon, MD

Sep 21, 2021 Link to The Hospital Chapel

Read 'She Was Blue in the Face With Hardly a Cry'

Link to Sara Khan, MD's page

'She Was Blue in the Face With Hardly a Cry'

Sep 7, 2021 Link to 'She Was Blue in the Face With Hardly a Cry'

Read The Emotional Dilemma of Balancing Studying and Living

Link to Casey Schukow's page

The Emotional Dilemma of Balancing Studying and Living

Aug 20, 2021 Link to The Emotional Dilemma of Balancing Studying and Living

Read The Last Morning Glory My Father Saw

Link to Gurpreet Kaur Padam, MD FAAFP, DipABLM's page

The Last Morning Glory My Father Saw

Gurpreet Kaur Padam, MD FAAFP, DipABLM

Aug 13, 2021 Link to The Last Morning Glory My Father Saw

Read The Last Conversation

Link to Soma Sundara Shravan Kuma Jyothula, MD FCCP's page

The Last Conversation

Soma Sundara Shravan Kuma Jyothula, MD FCCP

Aug 3, 2021 Link to The Last Conversation

Read The Sharp Stab of Inspiration and Pleuritic Chest Pain

Link to Jaya Mallidi, MD's page

The Sharp Stab of Inspiration and Pleuritic Chest Pain

Jaya Mallidi, MD

Jul 6, 2021 Link to The Sharp Stab of Inspiration and Pleuritic Chest Pain

Read What Clinicians Can Learn From Poetry

Link to Zainab Mabizari, MD's page

What Clinicians Can Learn From Poetry

Zainab Mabizari, MD

Jun 23, 2021 Link to What Clinicians Can Learn From Poetry

Read Moments of a Life: A Reflective Poem on Patient and Human Connection

Link to Evelyn Bodenschatz's page

Moments of a Life: A Reflective Poem on Patient and Human Connection

Evelyn Bodenschatz

Jun 22, 2021 Link to Moments of a Life: A Reflective Poem on Patient and Human Connection

Read We Are the Blessing, Not Dressed in Disguise

Link to Kanesha Overton's page

We Are the Blessing, Not Dressed in Disguise

Kanesha Overton

Jun 8, 2021 Link to We Are the Blessing, Not Dressed in Disguise

Read Photographing in Isolation

Link to Omotola K. Ajibade, MD's page

Photographing in Isolation

Omotola K. Ajibade, MD

Apr 29, 2021 Link to Photographing in Isolation

Read The Patient I Helped, The Man We Failed

Link to Wayne Fox Larrabee, MD, MS, FACS 's page

The Patient I Helped, The Man We Failed

Wayne Fox Larrabee, MD, MS, FACS

Apr 23, 2021 Link to The Patient I Helped, The Man We Failed

Read American Pandemic

Link to Julie Schlegel, MD's page

American Pandemic

Julie Schlegel, MD

Mar 29, 2021 Link to American Pandemic

Read Capturing the Enormity of My Mentor

Link to Caroline G Ferris, MD's page

Capturing the Enormity of My Mentor

Caroline G Ferris, MD

Mar 23, 2021 Link to Capturing the Enormity of My Mentor

Read Listen: A Song By A Psychiatrist and His Patient

Link to Anand Jayanti, MD's page

Listen: A Song By A Psychiatrist and His Patient

Anand Jayanti, MD

Mar 16, 2021 Link to Listen: A Song By A Psychiatrist and His Patient

Read Conversations With Cadavers

Link to Vongai Mlambo's page

Conversations With Cadavers

Mar 2, 2021 Link to Conversations With Cadavers

Read For Judy: A Poem, A Prayer, and a Toast

Link to Wayne Fox Larrabee, MD, MS, FACS 's page

For Judy: A Poem, A Prayer, and a Toast

Wayne Fox Larrabee, MD, MS, FACS

Feb 23, 2021 Link to For Judy: A Poem, A Prayer, and a Toast

Read Regarding a Letter to a Dying Friend

Link to Lawrence Hergott, MD's page

Regarding a Letter to a Dying Friend

Lawrence Hergott, MD

Feb 19, 2021 Link to Regarding a Letter to a Dying Friend

Read Slaying the Beast of Vile, Together

Link to Hamza A Lodhi, MD's page

Slaying the Beast of Vile, Together

Hamza A Lodhi, MD

Feb 9, 2021 Link to Slaying the Beast of Vile, Together