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 Body is a World Unto Itself

Link to Slavena Salve Nissan, MD's page

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Slavena Salve Nissan, MD

Mar 28, 2022 Link to mama-gram

Read The Punishment of Watching a Loved One Die

Link to Gagan Deep Verma, DO MPH's page

The Punishment of Watching a Loved One Die

Gagan Deep Verma, DO MPH

Feb 28, 2022 Link to The Punishment of Watching a Loved One Die

Read Cohabitating with COVID-19 Through Sculpture

Link to Eric Zabriskie's page

Cohabitating with COVID-19 Through Sculpture

Jan 31, 2022 Link to Cohabitating with COVID-19 Through Sculpture

Read Precious Metals

Link to Maya Sorini, MS's page

Precious Metals

Maya Sorini, MS

Jan 19, 2022 Link to Precious Metals

Read I Misdiagnosed My Mother and Was So Glad I Was Wrong.

Link to May Ameri's page

I Misdiagnosed My Mother and Was So Glad I Was Wrong.

Jan 3, 2022 Link to I Misdiagnosed My Mother and Was So Glad I Was Wrong.

Read On Duty in the Surgery Waiting Room

Link to Lawrence Hergott, MD's page

On Duty in the Surgery Waiting Room

Lawrence Hergott, MD

Dec 14, 2021 Link to On Duty in the Surgery Waiting Room

Read One Splits into Two, Two into Three

Link to Eleanor Tanno, MD's page

One Splits into Two, Two into Three

Eleanor Tanno, MD

Nov 29, 2021 Link to One Splits into Two, Two into Three

Read A Bright Cry: A Child Born in the CCU

Link to Lilit Sargsyan, MD's page

A Bright Cry: A Child Born in the CCU

Lilit Sargsyan, MD

Nov 16, 2021 Link to A Bright Cry: A Child Born in the CCU

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, DO's page

The Emotional Dilemma of Balancing Studying and Living

Casey Schukow, DO

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