Medical Humanities

Medical Humanities is a vertical on Op-Med that showcases creative writing by Doximity members. Comics, poetry, lyrical prose, and flash fiction are all welcome.

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A Poem: Primary Care Medicine Is like a Box of Chocolates

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Dana Corriel, MD

Read “Let’s Get Him a Prostitute”

Link to Rada Jones, MD, MBA, FACEP's page

“Let’s Get Him a Prostitute”

Rada Jones, MD, MBA, FACEP

May 10, 2018 Link to “Let’s Get Him a Prostitute”

Read A Medical Poem: 3 Coping Mechanisms Learned from 5 Suicides This Year

Link to Frank Cusimano's page

A Medical Poem: 3 Coping Mechanisms Learned from 5 Suicides This Year

May 9, 2018 Link to A Medical Poem: 3 Coping Mechanisms Learned from 5 Suicides This Year

Read Through the Looking Glass: #HarvardWriters2018

Link to Rada Jones, MD, MBA, FACEP's page

Through the Looking Glass: #HarvardWriters2018

Rada Jones, MD, MBA, FACEP

May 2, 2018 Link to Through the Looking Glass: #HarvardWriters2018

Read “I’m Sorry for Your Loss”

Link to Gary Fudem, MD's page

“I’m Sorry for Your Loss”

May 1, 2018 Link to “I’m Sorry for Your Loss”

Read For the Physician Writer: Notes on Harvard’s Healthcare Professional Writers Conference

Link to Valerie Anne Jones, MD's page

For the Physician Writer: Notes on Harvard’s Healthcare Professional Writers Conference

Valerie Anne Jones, MD

May 1, 2018 Link to For the Physician Writer: Notes on Harvard’s Healthcare Professional Writers Conference

Read “Against the Whir and Whine”: A Poem & Conversation with David Watts, MD

Link to Harvey Watts, MD's page

“Against the Whir and Whine”: A Poem & Conversation with David Watts, MD

Harvey Watts, MD

Apr 16, 2018 Link to “Against the Whir and Whine”: A Poem & Conversation with David Watts, MD

Read How to Be an Anesthesiologist

Link to Audrey Shafer, MD's page

How to Be an Anesthesiologist

Audrey Shafer, MD

Apr 9, 2018 Link to How to Be an Anesthesiologist

Read “All Eyes on Me, I Had to Decide”

Link to Issam Koleilat, MD's page

“All Eyes on Me, I Had to Decide”

Issam Koleilat, MD

Apr 2, 2018 Link to “All Eyes on Me, I Had to Decide”

Link to Astrid Grouls, MD's page

Code Blue

Astrid Grouls, MD

Mar 20, 2018 Link to Code Blue

Read An Ode to Flu Season

Link to Dana Corriel, MD's page

An Ode to Flu Season

Dana Corriel, MD

Jan 21, 2018 Link to An Ode to Flu Season