Art & Poetry in Medicine

Adrian Poniatowski, MD (3 Posts)

Resident Physician Contributing Writer

University Hospital of Krakow, Poland

Adrian Poniatowski is native New Yorker and a physician poet. He studied history at Cornell University before going on to finish medical school in Poland at Jagiellonian University. He received an appointment to stay on at his alma mater as Lecturer in Pathophysiology, in addition to his duties as an intern physician at the University Hospital of Krakow, Poland. He draws inspiration from his Catholic faith and long walks spent meditating on the sublime beauty of daily life. His artistic motto is Ars neptis Dei, a paraphrase from the Divine Comedy proclaiming that “Art is the granddaughter of God.”

Meditations on God

Published by Adrian Poniatowski, MD

A collection of poems entitled “Meditations on God.”

Leaving My Heart at the Door

Published by Beatrice Preti, MD

At first, my heart pauses: frozen from shock. / But, within a few seconds, I start to take stock.

The Telling

Published by Rebecca E MacDonell-Yilmaz, MD, MPH

I recall my father sitting on a small stool in the kitchen / dialing friends and family, one by one, rippling outward

No Insurance

Published by Wasnard Victor, MD

my patient does not have insurance / he asks me to address his concerns

Healing in Relationship Lies

Published by Kamiar Rueckert, MD

Illness lies hidden in our ways / Influenced by the unconscious gaze.

T-Cell

Published by Aliye Runyan, MD

“One” / It read. / Unassuming in black and white

A Second Home (2019)

Published by Zarir Ahmed, DO

Scared and frightened, we came in as interns / We had the knowledge, but we needed direction

I Seize

Published by Jennifer Evan, MD

I seize. / With emotion, not motor.

Pondering the Human Experience: A Quartet of Poems

Published by Sarah V. Stelma, MD

To help a soul / To heal a wound / To hold a hand / To walk again

A Story of Artistic Reclamation (2019)

Published by Michael Barbato, MD

Here I am, come and get me! A playful provocation we have all used with much more than literal meaning as a mantra. But going through the rigors, chills and metaphorical bacteremia of medical education, I lost some of the pieces that made me confident to be myself.

My Allegiance

Published by Daniela Hermelin, MD

Collide, Rip, Shred / Microthrombi ahead / Schistocytes I discover

Poodle Blue

Published by Beatrice Preti, MD

Like most times on call, the day had been busy. / I’d been running in circles, my head in a tizzy.

Beatrice Preti, MD (5 Posts)

Fellow Physician Contributing Writer

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University

Beatrice Preti is a PGY-4 fellow in medical oncology at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University in London, Ontario.

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