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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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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-…
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
Calling all Columbia Narrative Medicine alumni! 🎉
Join us Saturday for the 6th annual ExCHANGE: Knowing, Showing, Proving—a virtual gathering for our 700+ (!) MS & CPA grads.
📍 Virtual
🗓 Sat, Aug 15
⏰ 10AM–5PM EDT
Register: bit.ly/NMExchange
#NarrativeMedicine
For Renée Russas, theater is more than performance—it's "advocacy in action."
Read how our Administrative Manager for the Division of Narrative Medicine connects storytelling, empathy, and social justice through her work on and off the stage: sps.columbia.edu/news/how-th…
