Harvard Macy Institute
Art Museum-based Health Professions
Education Fellowship

The Art Museum-based Health Professions Education Fellowship prepares participants to engage the rich museum environment to advance health professional learning. Fellows join an international community of practice that is deeply sustaining, and many of our graduates become leaders in the field. This hands-on, experiential program emphasizes learning through practice and reflection. Fellows engage with key teaching methods used in art museum-based education, such as Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS), the Personal Responses Tour, Thinking Routines, and Narrative Writing. They will also explore other art forms, metaphor, and mindful practices to deepen their teaching approach.

Meet the 2024-2025 Fellows

Alana Iglewicz, MD

University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Medical Students at the Museum: Promoting Clinical Skillsets, Empathy, and Connection Through Arts and Medicine

Elma LeDoux, MD

Tulane University School of Medicine

Posture, Stance, and Gaze: How it Influences our Perspective of Empathy

Emily S. Finkelstein, MD

Well Cornell Medicine

Connecting Art and Medicine

Hilary Flint, DO, MEd

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Promoting Wellness for Pediatric Hospice Interdisciplinary Team Members Through Art Exploration

Deborah Leach, MBBS, FACEM, GCCS

Monash University

Art Museum-based Medical Education at Monash University

Andrea Kalus, MD

University of Washington

Artmaking to Explore Professional Value Integration, Clinical Reasoning, Error in Diagnosis, and Promoting Wellbeing

Amy Ly, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital

Early Integration of Visual Thinking Strategies into Pathology Residency Curriculum to Enhance Clinical Competency

Mariah Robertson, MD, MPH

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

What More Can We Find? Using Museum-based Education to Change the Care of Older Adults

Khai Nguyen, MD

University of California, San Diego

Medical Students at the Museum: Promoting Clinical Skill Sets, Empathy, and Connection Through Arts and Medicine

Rosie Shea, MBBS, FRACP, MClinEdu

University of Melbourne

Medical Humanities Clinical Placement for Final Year Medical Students

Vinita Rane, MBBA, MPHTM (Distinct), ProfCertEd (PosEd), FRACP, FAChSHM

Northern Health

Looking Back to Shape Tomorrow - Crafting Professional Identity Through Art and Reflection

Imanni Sheppard, PhD

Carle Illinois College of Medicine

Noting the Critical Engagement of Equity (CEE) Doula Training Program

Krishna Mohan Surapaneni, PhD, MHPE

Panimalar Medical College Hospital & Research Institute

“Every Voice Heard”: Reinforcing Gender Inclusivity & Stereotype Elimination Using Queer Museum Arts in Medical Education

Cristian Stefan, MD

New York University

Experiential Learning Using Art to Enhance Observation, Clinical Reasoning, Communication, and Reflection Through Transfer of Knowledge and Skill Across Contexts

Wendy Stewart, MD, MMEd, PhD

Dalhousie University

The Use of Visual Art to Foster an Anti-Oppressive Workplace

Whitney You, MD, MPH, MFA

Endeavor Health

Exploring the Ethics of Reproductive Medicine Through Art

  • Sarah Blanton
    Emory University
    Exploring Psychosocial and Cultural Dimensions of Disability Using Art Museum-based Pedagogy

    Scott Breitinger
    Mayo Clinic
    Exploring Convergent Evolution in the Relationship with the Subject: the Clinician’s and the Visual Artist’s Practice as Analogues

    Emory Buck
    Duke University Medical Center
    Visual Arts Training to Improve Internal Medicine Residents’ Observational Skills, Enhance Resiliance & Mitigate Burnout

    Cherie Edwards
    Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
    Employing the Arts and Humanities to Encourage Cultures of Anti-racism in Medical Schools

    Götz Fabry
    Albert-Ludwigs-University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology
    Accepting the Open in Art and Medicine – an Introductory Course on Reflection and Tolerance of Uncertainty

    Michelle Haight
    Sam Houston State University College of Medicine
    Reimagining Mind, Body, Spirit in Omm

    Dominique Harz
    Harvard Medical School
    Fostering Relatedness Through Art

    Amy Hu
    University of Arizona
    Cultivating Creativity in Medical Training

    Heather Kagan
    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Using Visual Arts to Mitigate Burnout in Hospital Medicine Faculty and Staff at a Cancer Center

    Jane Kang
    Columbia University Medical Center
    Rheum for Art

    Megan Lemay
    Virginia Commonwealth University
    What Can the Arts and Humanities Teach Medical Students About Anti-racism

    Sara Wilson McKay
    Virginia Commonwealth University
    What Can the Arts and Humanities Teach Medical Students About Anti-racism

    Robert Rock
    Yale University
    Critical Health Humanities Scholars Program

    Angela Scott
    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)
    Visualizing Southern Perspectives

    Eva-Marie Stern
    University of Toronto
    Art Is Patient: a Museum-based Experience to Teach Trauma-sensitive Engagement in Health Care

  • Manasa Ayyala
    Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
    Using Museum-based Art Education to Explore Humanism in Medicine

    Stephanie Davidson
    Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania
    Art Observation Experience to Address Bias and Promote Wellness

    Nicole Farmer
    National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center
    Cooking InVision: Promotion of Visual Appreciation and Design in Culinary Medicine Education

    Samantha Gallivan
    Imperial College London
    The Lived Body

    Daniel Hall-Flavin
    Mayo Clinic and Alix Mayo School of Medicine
    Engaging Visual Art Forms to Engage Epistemic Switching and Presence

    Lyndsay Hoy
    University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
    Rx/Museum: Art and Reflection in Medicine

    John David Ike
    University of Michigan
    Cultivating a Critical Consciousness – The Intersection of Visual Art, Social Theory, & Clinical Medicine

    Anson Koshy
    McGovern Medical School, UT Health
    Students as Teachers: Museum based pedagogy to support clinician reflection and resilience

    Kimberly Loomis American Medical Association
    Leveraging Arts-Based Techniques to Develop Innovators in Medical Education

    Barret Michalec Arizona State University
    Examining Humility through the Arts & Humanities: Advancing the Humility Paradigm

    Sarah Sarvis Milla University of Colorado
    Utilizing Art Museum-based Education in Leadership, Team-Building, and Individual Well Being in Health Professionals

    Kimberly R. Myers Penn State College of Medicine
    Observation & Interpretation: The Art of Clinical Skills

    Stephen Russell
    University of Alabama at Birmingham
    “The Da Vinci Program” (Diversity and Visual Instruction: New Clinical Insights)

    Rachel Marie E. Salas
    Johns Hopkins Medicine
    Visual Reflections of a Health Professions Super (Role) Model

    Nina Stoyan-Rosenzweig
    University of Florida
    Teaching Medical Students How to Develop Accessible Nature- and Arts- Based Prescription Programs for Peers and Patients

  • Eman Ansari
    Harvard Medical School
    Using Arts and Culture to Advance Inclusion and Team Building

    Kamna Balhara
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Beyond these walls: The art museum as a portal to critical thinking and meaningful engagement in hospitals and communities

    Catherine Belling
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    Collaborative Close Reading of Art Texts as Intellectual-Affective Preparation for Clinical Stressors

    Sharon Casapulla
    Ohio University
    Fostering Health and Wellness in Pre-Clinical Medical Education and Practice Through Creative Expression and Arts-Based Activities

    Amilcar Castellano-Sanchez
    Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Florida International University
    History of Medicine through Art for Medical Students

    Sarah Clever
    Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
    Beyond these walls: The art museum as a portal to critical thinking and meaningful engagement in hospitals and communities

    Paul DeSandre
    Emory School of Medicine
    A Standard Curriculum for Museum-based Education in Palliative Care

    Michael Flanagan
    Penn State College of Medicine University
    ARTventure: Developing a Humanities Curriculum at a Regional Medical Campus

    Kobie Gordon
    Harvard School of Dental Medicine
    Visual Thinking Strategy Through Examining and Discussing Works of Arts

    Aspasia Karalis
    University of Montreal
    Museum-based visual-skills training for residents in Medical Genetics and Genomics, Paediatrics and Pediatric subspecialties

    Antonia Makosky
    Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions
    Using Art to teach Interprofessional Competencies to mixed health professions students

    Jonathan Pincus
    Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine Enhanced Patient Care Using Visual Art: Early Integration of Non-technical Skills and Wellbeing into the Medical School Curriculum 
    *Shared project with Joon Shim

    Joon Shim
    Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine Enhanced Patient Care Using Visual Art: Early Integration of Non-technical Skills and Wellbeing into the Medical School Curriculum 
    *Shared project with Jonathan Pincus

  • Mary Blazek
    University of Michigan
    Empathy and Self-compassion: Building Core Competencies for Medical Students Through Museum-based Interactions with Art

    Margaret (Meg) Chisolm
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    The Role of Art in Human Flourishing: A Museum-based Experiential Elective for 4th Year Medical Students

    Marla Eby
    Cambridge Health Alliance
    Using Art as a Window into the Experience of Severe Mental Illness

    Cheryl Giscombe
    UNC Chapel Hill
    Interprofessional Leadership Institute for Behavioral Health Equity and LeVine Wellness Program at UNC Chapel Hill

    Elizabeth Gundersen
    Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University
    See You, See Me: Museum Art in the Care of Patients with Serious Illness

    Sara Hart
    University of Utah
    Promoting Interprofessional Teaming using Visual Art in a Museum-based Setting

    Swapnil Pawar
    St. George Hospital
    Fostering Interprofessional Health Education with Visual Thinking Strategy

    Pooja Rutberg
    Cambridge Health Alliance
    Building Community: Museums as Partners for Improving Community Health and Well-being

    Flora Smyth Zahra
    Kings College
    Beyond the Instrumental to the Epistemological - Equipping Dental Students for the Phronesis of Clinical Practice in the Museum and Art Gallery Space

    Mark Stephens
    Penn State University
    Unmasking Burnout: Professional Identity and Mask-Making

    Gordon Wood
    Northwestern University
    A Multi-Site Evaluation of Museum Teaching for Palliative Medicine Fellows

    Ali John Zarrabi
    Emory University
    The Art of Palliative Care: An Art Museum-based Course for Practicioners Who Care for Seriously Ill Patients

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