INTIMA 2020 to 2024 | AUDIO AND VIDEOS

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The First Patient | Andrew Murdock and Tessa Palisoc | FALL 2024

Imagining anatomy class in a different way: Take a moment to watch a dance by two MD candidates that explores this rite of passage in clinical training and illustrates “themes of gratitude, giving and personhood.”

Nirbhaya: A Medical Education Tool for Postpartum Depression | Yamini Adusumelli, Anvitha Sathya, and Prasida Unni | FALL 2024

This exploration in narrative dance powerfully opens a window into the emotions and physical effects of PPD.


Habitual Heartbeat | Ciara Lusnia | SPRING 2024

“Cities and bodies beat and flow without conscious awareness of the ceaseless effort.”


Drifting | Willian Doan | FALL 2023

More than a tribute: Remembering a sister through artwork and music contributes to making lasting memories for those left behind.

Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 | Mitali Chaudhary | Field Notes Fall 2023

Music proves to be a muse for an efficient doctor, who recalls what it’s like to really listen.

Noise | Aparna Ragupathi | Field Notes Fall 2023

While shadowing a doctor, a medical student observes how patients respond amid the hospital’s hubbub and the need to ‘move on’ to the next case.

The Reluctant Ferryman | Colleen Cavanaugh | Field Notes Fall 2023

In the middle of the night, when silence prevails, a walk with a patient to the ICU stirs up thoughts about what can go wrong when everything seems right.


Anesthesia | Alex Graff | FALL 2022

Sing a song to a new acquaintance, made in anatomy lab. Listen to the lyrical message that this MS4 came up with after meeting his cadaver for the first time.

Kyanite | Taylor McMahon and Sink Lindsay | FALL 2022

Healing comes from openness and this dance explores what it means to be human by excavating points of similitude and difference, longing and desire, fear and vulnerability.


Medical Reparations: A Meditation | Shivani Jain | SPRING 2022

Listen to this short and powerful reflection on coming to terms as a clinician and healer with history and the present.


Mental Health Stigma Rooted in Korean Culture: A Korean American's visual reflection using Hangul, the Korean alphabet | Julie Hwang | FALL 2021

An exploration of the words used during challenging times that is both verbal and visual.


Bhairavi's Anger: Exploring Physician Recovery from Alcoholism Through Kuchipudi Dance | Supraja Chittari | FALL 2020

About 10-15 percent of physicians experience addiction, but never seek help. This dance hopes to support those journeying through it to seek help, especially physicians struggling to find the help they need in such stressful, isolating times.

Calavera | Christopher Schifeling | FALL 2020

What’s inside the skull: poetry, diagnosis, reflection.

Inside Anxiety and Depression | William Doan | FALL 2020

A visual sketch of the painful experience of mental illness and ways of coping.