Meet the Ambassadors
The Medical Arts Program Ambassadors are a group of representatives from each year of medical school, selected by Medical Arts faculty leadership. They attend events available to program participants, promote the program to prospective and current students, and help shape the program for the year, making sure that many forms of art are represented and that participants' desires are met.
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I aspire to become a pediatric oncologist and pediatric palliative care physician, and recently published the book Chronicling Childhood Cancer: A Collection of Personal Stories by Children and Teens with Cancer (Michigan Publishing, 2015). As a strong proponent of the arts, I have found that the Medical Arts program provides unique opportunities to think more deeply about medicine as an art and about how the arts can cultivate a more humanistic practice of medicine. I majored in English prior to medical school and love to read and write. I am also also a ballet/lyrical dancer and choreographer.
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My mother made her four children take piano lessons when they turned six, though I was the only one who fell in love enough to continue lessons after the required five years. As a pianist, I learned the values of discipline and practice, the balance between technique and personal expression. I have carried these qualities with me into medical school, where as an M1 I am learning different material, but applying the same principles. As an Ambassador, I have been challenged to see similar parallels that exist in art and medicine. Whether listening to world-renowned orchestras or chatting with playwrights, this program has refreshed my soul and edified my mind.
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I'm currently pursuing a PhD in Microbiology & Immunology with a focus on investigating how HIV kills immune cells. Outside of my research laboratory, I am fascinated with the visual and culinary arts, and I also enjoy music (as a saxophonist in our med school band) and dance (as a performer in our med school dance production). The Medical Arts Program is such a distinct and unique part of my experience at Michigan; I am indebted to the way in which it keeps me connected to the arts, to all that is vital in making us human.
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Katie Scally, HO4, ayerska@med.umich.edu
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Mia Derstine, M3, derstine@med.umich.edu
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John Muller, M1,
jmuller@med.umich.edu |
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Chelsea Reighard, reighard@med.umich.edu
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Kathryn Wataha, MSTP, kwataha@med.umich.edu
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