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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How Arrhythmia is Poetry

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Andrew Donald van der Vaart

Read The Healer's Lament

Link to Archana Maniar, MD's page

The Healer's Lament

Archana Maniar, MD

Nov 12, 2019 Link to The Healer's Lament

Read This Novel Explores the 'Big Brother' Terror of EMRs

Link to Adam Spitz, MD's page

This Novel Explores the 'Big Brother' Terror of EMRs

Oct 9, 2019 Link to This Novel Explores the 'Big Brother' Terror of EMRs

Read Her CAT Scan Looked Like Someone Had Spilled Ink

Link to Louise Aronson, MD, MFA's page

Her CAT Scan Looked Like Someone Had Spilled Ink

Louise Aronson, MD, MFA

Oct 4, 2019 Link to Her CAT Scan Looked Like Someone Had Spilled Ink

Read Ode to a Body Donor

Link to Odette Zero's page

Ode to a Body Donor

Sep 26, 2019 Link to Ode to a Body Donor

Read A Cardiomyopathy Inspired Digital Painting

Link to Mohammed Ahmed's page

A Cardiomyopathy Inspired Digital Painting

Aug 21, 2019 Link to A Cardiomyopathy Inspired Digital Painting

Read The Veil of the Living

Link to Ronald J. Braun, MD's page

The Veil of the Living

Ronald J. Braun, MD

Aug 7, 2019 Link to The Veil of the Living

Read Narcomancy

Link to Gillian Friedman, MD's page

Narcomancy

Gillian Friedman, MD

Jul 2, 2019 Link to Narcomancy

Read The Day of Surgery: The Knife

Link to Joshua Goldman, MD's page

The Day of Surgery: The Knife

Joshua Goldman, MD

Jun 12, 2019 Link to The Day of Surgery: The Knife

Read The Day of Surgery: The Disease

Link to Joshua Goldman, MD's page

The Day of Surgery: The Disease

Joshua Goldman, MD

Jun 11, 2019 Link to The Day of Surgery: The Disease

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'