EXPECTATION VS. REALITY | Spoorthi Davala
© Expectation Vs. Reality by Spoorthi Davala Spring 2020 Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine
“‘Expectation vs. Reality’ is a piece that explores the terrifying reality of personal protective equipment shortages that many healthcare workers are facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Spoorthi Davala is a fourth year medical student at Boston University School of Medicine and received her BA in Medical Science and Minor in Visual Arts from Boston University. She was the 2016-17 Artist-in-Residence for Boston Medical Center where she organized individual and group art lessons to help improve the motor functions of patients with neurodegenerative disease. As a medical student, she served as co-president for the service club, Art S.P.A.C.E. (Supporting People And Creating Empowerment), and has written articles highlighting the importance of creativity for the website Doctors Who Create. Spoorthi continues to explore the intersection of art and medicine through different mediums including painting, drawing and animation. Find more of her work at spoorthidavala.myportfolio.com