A membership of physician authors dedicated to medical humanities and creative writing to:
educate medical students and trainees, celebrate the lives of patients, impact public discourse, & promote humanistic values in medicine
Jennifer Pien, MD
Director of Pegasus
Psychiatry
Dr. med Hans Steiner, F.A.C.A.A.P - Psychiatry
In Memoriam 2022, Founding Director
Tayyeba Ali, MD
Associate Director of Pegasus
Ophthalmology
Larry Zaroff, M.D., Ph.D. - Cardiac Surgery
In Memoriam, 2015
Audrey Shafer, MD - Anesthesiology
Irvin D. Yalom, MD - Psychiatry
Founding Members 2008: Audrey Shafer, M.D., Irvin Yalom, M.D., Larry Zaroff, M.D., Ph.D., and Hans Steiner, M.D.
SOCIAL MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Health care workers and loved ones of HCW: pls note in your email link w password required for today's 10-11am (PST… https://t.co/iOPJmVZwJI -
Don't miss: @KQEDForum's interview of @WritingMedicine writers: https://t.co/PttVkQQmoO Thank you, Dr Adjoa Boate… https://t.co/2QIWvMZwHm
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Writing medicine w L Braitman: tomorrow 10-11am (pacific) free reflective writing workshop for health care workers… https://t.co/A4MsCqSdtQ
Recent Features
SciArt in America Blog Post - “Creative Writing for the Physician”
Stanford Medicine SCOPE Blog
For group of Stanford doctors, writing helps them "make sense" of experiences
Surgeon-author: “My intent is to let people know that the person next door could be intersex”
“Why did I write the book? Essentially, I had to”: A surgeon reflects on Vietnam
Medical students and physicians share their writings on “becoming a real doctor”
Dr. Irvin D. Yalom was featured in The Huffington Post.
At a Café Scientifique event, the group read short stories and poems on the usage of blood products as life-saving interventions. View a recording of the event here.