Our Vision

Cultivating a healthcare landscape where emerging physician leaders, as individuals and community members, adeptly and compassionately address the holistic needs of individuals with dignity and respect in medical care delivery.

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Engage & Support

Engage and support physicians in practicing medicine with greater cultural and structural awareness and humility.

Develop Awareness

Develop an active innovative research program that integrates humanities, narrative and storytelling, and arts as methods for engaging diverse experiences that inform the development of medical knowledge and care for patients, physicians, family and community.

Inspire Generations

Inspire the next generation of physicians to become patient advocates while implementing a “whole person” approach to care—mind, body and spirit—facilitating a culture of compassion and awareness for self and others.

Faculty and Mentors

Juliet McMullin, PhD
Juliet McMullin, PhD

Professor, Family Medicine

Endowed Chair and Director, Medical Humanities and Arts Program
Tan Nguyen, MD
Tan Nguyen, MD

Clinical Professor, Family Medicine

Director, Family Medicine Medical Education

Leonora Naser-Saravia
Leonora Naser-Saravia

Program Manager, Medical Humanities and Arts Program (MHAP)

Participating Faculty

Shiho Ito, MD
Shiho Ito, MD

Professor — Division of Hospital Medicine, Medicine
Ayesha Khan, PhD, D(ABMM), M(ASCP)
Ayesha Khan, PhD, D(ABMM), M(ASCP)

Assistant Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Associate Director, Division of Clinical Microbiology

Rocío Pichon-Rivière, PhD
Rocío Pichon-Rivière, PhD

Assistant Professor, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Humanities
Chalat Rajaram, MD
Chalat Rajaram, MD

Volunteer Associate Clinical Professor
Zainab Saadi, MD
Zainab Saadi, MD

Assistant Professor — General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Medicine
Kelli Sharp, DPTSc
Kelli Sharp, DPTSc

Chair and Professor, Dance, School of the Arts
Joel Veenstra
Joel Veenstra

Professor of Teaching, Stage Management, School of the Arts
Baotran Vo, MD
Baotran Vo, MD

Associate Professor, Family Medicine

Maternity Care Director, Family Medicine
S. Ama Wray, PhD
S. Ama Wray, PhD

Professor

Aid in the Art of Healing

Elevating medical education through the integration of humanities and arts, your support helps us foster compassionate, scholarly and professionally adept healthcare leaders.

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