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 2025-2026 Fellows

Donna T. Chen, MD, MPH

University of Virginia Center for Health Humanities and Ethics

Cultivating Creative Access: Developing Professional and Clinical Skills and Exploring Disability Culture Through Arts and Museum-based Education

Candice Coffey, MD

University of Kansas School of Medicine

Geri-Journey 2.0

Laura Dammer Hess, MLS

University of Minnesota

Interprofessional Curriculum Development: Building Connection, Wellbeing, and Problem Solving Across Teams

Staci Eisenberg, MD

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Using the Visual Arts to Strengthen the Doctor-Patient Connection

Philippe Fait, CAT(C), ATC

University of Quebec at Trois-Trois-Rivières (UQTR)

Enhancing Clinical Decision-Making Through Museum-based Visual Arts in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Assessment

Krisztina Fischer, MD, PhD, MMSc

Harvard Medical School

Navigating Professional Identity Formation: A Visual Art-Based Curriculum for Health Profession Educators at the MMSc in Medical Education Program, Harvard Medical School

Anna Maria Gramelspacher, MD, MA

University of Illinois at Chicago

A Longitudinal Humanities Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents

Amy Klein, MD

University of Arizona

An Oasis of Resilience: Utilizing Art to Navigate Suffering in Medicine

Sheila Harms, MD, FRCPC, PhD

McMaster University

Artful Understanding

Isabella Mak, MD

Harvard South Shore Psychiatry

“In Search of”: Labels, Room of Errors & Holding Space

Max Montalvo, MD, FRCPC

Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

The Treachery of Medicine

Meg Moorman, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF

Indiana University

Integrating Visual Thinking Strategies into Diagnostic Reasoning

Sarah A. Samaan, MD

University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine

The Art of Observation: Enhancing Clinical Skills Through Visual Thinking Strategies and Photography

Katherine Soule, PhD

University of California, Davis

Presence in Practice: Sustaining Healthcare Professionals

Sam Woodworth, MD

Maine Medical Center

Practicing Curiosity: An Art Museum-based Course for Medical Students

Jefferson Svengsouk, MD, MBA

University of Rochester Medical Center

Effect of an Art Museum-based Education Experience on Emergency Medicine Resident Empathy

Shelly Xie, MD, MA

Houston Methodist Hospital

From Canvas to Clinic: Cultivating Well-Being and Professional Growth Through Arts-Based Experience

N Ewen Wang, MD

Stanford School of Medicine

Using humanities and visual arts pedagogy to build community and to facilitate communication and metacognitive awareness within a longitudinal medical student health equity program. 

  • Emily S. Finkelstein, MD
    Weill 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

    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

    Andrea Kalus, MD
    University of Washington
    Artmaking to Explore Professional Value Integration, Clinical Reasoning, Error in Diagnosis, and Promoting Wellbeing

    Deborah Leach, MBBS, FACEM, GCCS
    Monash University
    Art Museum-based Medical Education at Monash University

    Elma LeDoux, MD
    Tulane University School of Medicine
    Posture, Stance, and Gaze: How it Influences our Perception of Empathy

    Amy Ly, MD
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Early Integration of Visual Thinking Strategies into Pathology Residency Curriculum to Enhance Clinical Competency

    Khai Nguyen, MD, MHS
    University of California, San Diego
    Medical Students at the Museum: Promoting Clinical Skill Sets, Empathy, and Connection Through Arts and Medicine

    Vinita Rane, MBBA, MPHTM (Distinct), ProfCertEd (PosEd), FRACP, FAChSHM
    Northern Health
    Looking Back to Shape Tomorrow - Crafting Professional Identity Through Art and Reflection

    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

    Rosie Shea, MBBS, FRACP, MClinEdu
    University of Melbourne
    Medical Humanities Clinical Placement for Final Year Medical Students

    Imanni Sheppard, PhD
    Carle Illinois College of Medicine
    Noting the Critical Engagement of Equity (CEE) Doula Training Program

    Cristian Stefan, MD
    New York University
    Experiential Learning Using Art to Enhance Observation, Clinical Reasoning, Communication, and Reflection Through Transfer of Knowledge and Skills Across Contexts

    Wendy Stewart, MD, MMEd, PhD
    Dalhousie University
    The Use of Visual Art to Foster an Anti-Oppressive Workplace

    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

    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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