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🚨 Registration closes Oct. 16!
Join us in NYC Oct. 23–25 for Embodiment and Attention: Narrative Medicine Fundamentals—a weekend of learning, close attention, and connection with our global Narrative Medicine community.
Spots are limited. Register: bit.ly/Fall26Workshop
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Join us at 6pm ET tonight for Narrative Medicine Rounds with Dr. Shanda McManus, author of Brother Epistles: A Sister’s Memoir, exploring grief, gun violence, and sibling bonds. Dr. McManus will be in conversation with Nicole Furlonge, PhD.
Register: shorturl.at/yDlyK
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Join us Nov. 4 for Narrative Medicine Rounds with Dr. Shanda McManus, author of Brother Epistles: A Sister’s Memoir, exploring grief, gun violence, and sibling bonds.
Dr. McManus will be in conversation with Nicole Furlonge, PhD.
Register: shorturl.at/yDlyK
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Join us tomorrow, Oct 14 at 6PM EDT for Narrative Medicine Rounds with poet Tom Sleigh, author of Rosie: A Memoir of Farewell, in conversation with palliative care physician Dr. Michael Nalepa. Poetry, medicine, memory, mortality.
Register: bit.ly/4jMoA6W
Registration for our fall workshop closes this Friday, October 16.
Join us for Embodiment and Attention: Narrative Medicine Fundamentals, October 23–25, 2026 in New York City.
🔗 Details and registration: lnkd.in/gbAwDv5G
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Next Wednesday at 6PM EDT: Narrative Medicine Rounds welcomes acclaimed poet Tom Sleigh and Columbia palliative care physician Dr. Michael Nalepa for a conversation at the intersection of poetry, medicine, memory, and mortality.
Details & registration: bit.ly/4jMoA6W
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As AI reshapes clinical practice, creativity has never mattered more.
Registration is now open for Creativity as Essential Clinical Capacity, our first Columbia #NarrativeMedicine Short Course.
Nov. 5–Dec. 10 | Online
Register: bit.ly/CreativeCapacity
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Big news for those hoping to connect with us from afar.
This fall, we’re introducing Short Courses: focused, multi-week seminars offering new ways to learn, practice, and engage more deeply with Narrative Medicine.
Enrollment opens tomorrow—we can't wait to share it with you.
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Join us Wed, Oct 14 at 6 PM EDT for October Narrative Medicine Rounds with acclaimed poet & journalist Tom Sleigh, author of Rosie: A Memoir of Farewell.
Sleigh will be in conversation with Columbia palliative care physician Dr. Michael Nalepa.
Register: shorturl.at/hzgL9
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One week left to save $50!
Join us Oct. 23–25 in NYC for Embodiment and Attention: Narrative Medicine Fundamentals.
🎟️ Register by Sept. 18: bit.ly/Fall26Workshop
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Join us tomorrow, Sept 9 @ 6pm ET for Narrative Medicine Rounds' season opener with Dr. Mindy Fullilove, author of The Tao of K-Drama (Oxford UP, 9/14). Moderated by Drs. Craig Irvine & Maura Spiegel.
Register: shorturl.at/JaG6h
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Narrative Medicine retweeted
"The idea of being a close reader—looking at every word, seeing how many different meanings you can get from a sentence, and examining the nuances—was exciting to me. So I started trying to use that same rigor in listening to my patients."
#NeuroArtFriday #CloseReader #nuance
“It’s part of your job to leave yourself for a moment and see where the other person is. There’s joy in that.” — Dr. Rita Charon
25 years after her residency at @RockefellerFdn's Bellagio Center, Rita reflects on the growth of Narrative Medicine.
bit.ly/46881KD
🩺 Join us next Wed, Sept 9 @ 6pm ET for Narrative Medicine Rounds' season opener with Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove, author of The Tao of K-Drama (Oxford UP, 9/14). Moderated by Drs. Irvine & Spiegel.
Register: shorturl.at/JaG6h
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Join us Sept. 8 at 7 PM ET on Zoom for our next Dialogues on Medical Journalism talk with UCSF physician & bestselling author Robert Wachter.
Hosted by Stephen Fried + Columbia Medical Journalism Workshop alumni, with Q&A to follow.
Register: shorturl.at/IFXp4
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Narrative Medicine retweeted
A Lot to Say’: Doctors Use Comics to Deliver Best Medicine. medscape.com/viewarticle/lot…. Tks @narrativemed for sharing 👇 fyi @GraficaMedicina #GraphicMedicine
How can comics help us understand experiences of health, illness, and care?
Columbia NMED faculty member Ben Schwartz, MD spoke with @Medscape about the growing field of graphic medicine and the power of visual storytelling in healthcare.
Read more: shorturl.at/FUHGY
How can comics help us understand experiences of health, illness, and care?
Columbia NMED faculty member Ben Schwartz, MD spoke with @Medscape about the growing field of graphic medicine and the power of visual storytelling in healthcare.
Read more: shorturl.at/FUHGY
“It’s part of your job to leave yourself for a moment and see where the other person is. There’s joy in that.” — Dr. Rita Charon
25 years after her residency at @RockefellerFdn's Bellagio Center, Rita reflects on the growth of Narrative Medicine.
bit.ly/46881KD
Meet the faculty for our fall workshop!
This October, join Narrative Medicine founders and faculty in NYC for Embodiment and Attention: Narrative Medicine Fundamentals>
📅 Oct. 23–25
💸 Save $50 by Sept. 18
Details: bit.ly/Fall26Workshop
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Narrative Medicine Co-Founder and faculty member Sayantani Dasgupta is back in the news! 📚
In a new @Columbia interview, she shares how her scholarly work informed her latest book, Theft of the Ruby Lotus.
Read the full interview: news.columbia.edu/news/once-…
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Join us for the opening Narrative Medicine Rounds of the season! Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove joins us to discuss her new book, The Tao of K-Drama: Wise Narratives for a Troubled World.
Register: shorturl.at/bYIoW
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