Narrative Medicine

The Program of Narrative Medicine at Columbia University is the leader in narrative best practices and team-based healthcare #narrativemedicine

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#NarrativeMedicine alum Sal Marx is using visual storytelling to center the voices of chronic illness patients. Through comics, painting, and mixed media, their work explores what art can communicate when language falls short.

🎨 Read the full story: https://t.co/13WPAJjGy4

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Congratulations to Narrative Medicine co-founder and faculty member Sayantani DasGupta, whose middle-grade mystery novel Theft of the Ruby Lotus hit the New York Times Bestseller list!

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Congratulations to the Class of 2026 — and all 17 students celebrate earning their MS in Narrative Medicine today. 🎓 This is the 15th cohort of clinicians, artists, and trailblazers bringing humanity back to healthcare. We couldn't be prouder.

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Calling all Columbia #NarrativeMedicine alumni! Join us for the 6th annual Narrative Medicine ExCHANGE: Knowing, Showing, Proving — a virtual gathering for graduates of the MS and CPA programs.

🗓 Aug. 15, 2026
⏰ 10 AM–5 PM EDT

Register: https://t.co/umSwaWKFgP

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Join us tomorrow, May 6 at 6pm EDT for Narrative Medicine Rounds featuring award-winning author Melissa Febos in conversation with Lilly Dancyger.

Febos is the author of Girlhood, Body Work, and her new memoir The Dry Season (@aaknopf).

Register: https://t.co/E0vYLpXF5G

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@TaborSkreslet Thank you for joining us, Tabor!

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For These Doctors, Medicine Is Also a Literary Journey
A great feature by @DinaCheney to the world of narrative medicine for those unfamiliar with the brilliant writing being done in this literary genre. @NarrativeMed @BLReview Neurologist Pria Anand @sjauhar Bruce H. Campbell, one of our non-fiction editors, whose short story appears in our new anthology. @Medscape

https://t.co/IUmikhgiyJ

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Join us Wed, May 6 at 6pm EDT for our final Narrative Medicine Rounds of the season 🎉Featuring Melissa Febos, author of Girlhood + Body Work.

📚 Register: https://t.co/E0vYLpXF5G

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So thrilled you were with us, Tabor!

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Excellent weekend devoted to Narrative Medicine workshop that brought together my two different lives in writing and healthcare. Really inspiring. Thank you @NarrativeMed

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Join us Wed, May 6 at 6pm EDT for Narrative Medicine Rounds with award-winning author Melissa Febos! We’ll discuss The Dry Season—a powerful memoir on solitude, love, and self-discovery.

📚 Register: https://t.co/E0vYLpXF5G

#NarrativeMedicine #MedHum #melissafebos

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Join us next tomorrow, April 8 at 6pm EDT for #NarrativeMedicine rounds, a reading and conversation with clinical psychologist Dr. Monica Blum and journalist Katie Simon.

Register: https://t.co/l1OIuFhIVI

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Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine publishes original contributions of literary and artistic merit that relate to the theory and practice of narrative medicine.

Intima adheres to legal and ethical guidelines in accordance with academic and health community publication standards. As clinicians, patients, and family members, we feel strongly that patient privacy and confidentiality should be maintained at all times. To maintain these standards, contributors must review the confidentiality guidelines in the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), with particular attention to the 18 commonly accepted "unique identifiers." We encourage contributors to seek permission before submitting patient stories, and to fictionalize or change identifiable information to maintain patient confidentiality and privacy.

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BOOK REVIEW
See One, Do One, Teach One: The Art of Becoming a Doctor by Grace Farris https://t.co/9bTJYlnZOH
#narrativemedicine #medicalhumanities #medhum
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Join us next Wednesday, April 8 at 6pm EDT for #NarrativeMedicine rounds, a reading and conversation with clinical psychologist Dr. Monica Blum and journalist Katie Simon.

Register: https://t.co/l1OIuFhIVI

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Our Spring virtual #narrativemedicine workshop is almost here! Register by April 10 for Attention to Self and Other: Narrative Medicine in Practice.

🩺 Details & Tickets: https://t.co/e5kbIAGmF5

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At Narrative Medicine, community is built through shared experience. From Rounds to Volvox and guided tours at MoMA, we bring students, alumni, faculty, and the broader public together connection across disciplines. Read more about how to connect with us: https://t.co/BbKxm9g7gB

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Feeling exhausted? Want to know what "bioethics" is?" Listen to "The Healer's Journey"
Honored to have @trishapaulmdmfa — Intima's field notes editor & one of the doctors whose work is in "Where It Hurts," participate in the conversation about clinician burnout @WXXINews Connections with @evandawson. Worth 50 minutes of your time.
'The Healer's Journey' https://t.co/aOqvRZovbO via @YouTube

(BTW Mick Krasner, MD has a great podcast with Rita Charon @NarrativeMed)

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“Being a new mother while studying narrative medicine made the work feel urgent. I was not only learning for myself, but also imagining the world I hoped he would inherit.” Alum Miniya Williams on balancing motherhood with study, storytelling & community: https://t.co/g2sVtWbRDM

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JOIN US on Wednesday, April 8 at 6pm EDT for #NarrativeMedicine rounds, a reading and conversation with clinical psychologist Dr. Monica Blum and journalist Katie Simon.

Register: https://t.co/l1OIuFigLg

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When AI enters the clinic, what happens to the human story?

Join Columbia Narrative Medicine for a virtual workshop on narrative, ethics, and care with founds Rita Charon, Maura Spiegel and more.

📅 April 17–19
⏳ Early Bird ends Mar 27 ($50 off)
🔗 https://t.co/e5kbIAGmF5