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 Needle in His Arm, the Fall From Grace'

Monisha Vasa, MD

Jan 28, 2019

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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 Happenarticle image

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

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

“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”

Read "Love Is What Keeps Me Here"article image

"Love Is What Keeps Me Here"

Monisha Vasa, MD

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

Read “My First Patient Is My Doctor”article image

“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

Read “No One Learns in the Middle of a Crisis”article image

“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

Read A Budding Surgeon on "Dispelling the Mystery of Medicine"article image

A Budding Surgeon on "Dispelling the Mystery of Medicine"

Elizabeth Card

Jul 20, 2018 Link to A Budding Surgeon on "Dispelling the Mystery of Medicine"

Read An Exploration of a Surgeon’s Vulnerability Through Kuchipudi Dancearticle image

An Exploration of a Surgeon’s Vulnerability Through Kuchipudi Dance

Shilpa Darivemula, MD

Jul 13, 2018 Link to An Exploration of a Surgeon’s Vulnerability Through Kuchipudi Dance

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The Monster

Diana Rangaves, PharmD

Jul 6, 2018 Link to The Monster

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“Where Medicine Needs Its Medication”

Peter Rezkalla

Jul 6, 2018 Link to “Where Medicine Needs Its Medication”

Read Portrait of Coronary Heart Diseasearticle image

Portrait of Coronary Heart Disease

Mohammed Ahmed

Jun 26, 2018 Link to Portrait of Coronary Heart Disease

Read Geriatrician's Novel Draws Attention to Mercury Poisoningarticle image

Geriatrician's Novel Draws Attention to Mercury Poisoning

September Williams, MD

Jun 22, 2018 Link to Geriatrician's Novel Draws Attention to Mercury Poisoning

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“Resuscitation”

Philip Borger, MD

Jun 14, 2018 Link to “Resuscitation”