This episode of @thenocturnists was beautiful. Emily Silverman asks: “instead of taking …burned-out doctors … into the woods for a meditation retreat at a temple, how do you make yourself the temple?”

Mire pues.

My newest short story, "Burn," is out in @VariantLit : Thanks to Editors @SuzyEynon and Barbara Lock for believing in it and making it shine!

How can language and storytelling keep us moving forward? Can't wait to be part of this amazing panel at Patient Advocate Foundation’s  "Hear Me Now: Innovative Storytelling in Uncertain Times" Thursday, May 22. It's free and open to all: @WCMEmergency

I had an amazing time @IowaMed giving Grand Rounds on health humanities in the Dept. of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences. Got to collab with Lauren Lessing of @uistanleymuseum and talk to med educators about integrating the arts into the curriculum ✍️ @uiowaeye @WCMEmergency

I'm giving this talk tomorrow at 11 am! It's for anyone who takes care of other people, and wants to express trauma via the written word– particularly fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. You can still sign up here:

Does anyone know when @ilya_poet will next be reading in NYC? I lead the Health Humanities curriculum at Weill Cornell Medicine in NYC and would really like to take a group of medical students to hear him. Online, I only see readings from 2024. @HVWritersCenter @StanfordMedMuse.

Amazing guest speaker at our WCM LEAP course today: Stacy Nigliazzo, nurse and award winning author of 3 poetry books, from HEAL Lab at Baylor College of Med. She led a discussion of roles, careers, & professionalism with poems by Rafael Campo, Kathleen Grieger, and her own.

A powerful and beautifully written essay in NEJM by friend, doctor and author Rachel Fleishman, about the undervaluing of children’s healthcare and, essentially, their lives. Rachel I can’t wait for your book of essays. Keep on going!.

What a beautiful job we have, despite its many constraints. So proud that the author of this breathtaking essay, @DianeBirnbaumer, is my friend and ACEP Medical Humanities colleague! @acep_mhs.

I had a fireside chat with Dr. Anthony Fauci as part of our brand new Health Humanities Speaker Series at Weill Cornell Medicine. A career highlight for me! His takeaways: Honesty, integrity, and good science. And don't let anyone get you down! What an honor. @acep_mhs @WCMpeds

Honored that my short story, The Book Of Names, received a Pushcart nomination. Thank you @NoraGold @JewishFictioNet. It's an allegory, written in honor of the Oct 7 hostages & those who wait for them. If you read it out loud, you’ve said the names of all.

My new collaboration with Dr. Ashley Rondini is hot off the press! We make the case for equitable representation of melanin-rich skin in online skin cancer images.

What a great evening with author Dr. Jessi Gold, and WCM peds friends and colleagues. Jessi's book is fantastic, and it was great meeting her in person. @WCMEmergency @healthhumcon @MedHumChat.