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First Annual Symposium on Healing and Hope: An Evening of Poetry by Patients, Family Members, and Health Professionals

The purpose of this event is to showcase how poetry can serve as a healing art for healthcare professionals and patients.

Presenters are healthcare professionals and patients, most of whom are published poets, all of whom recognize the healing power of poetry.

Free and open to the public. 5:30 p.m. is check-in, mingle and eat; presentations and reception follows.

RSVP By Feb. 20

Speakers:

Katherine Brown-Saltzman, R.N., M.A. is the Co-Director of the UCLA Health System Ethics Center and an Assistant Clinical Professor at the UCLA School of Nursing. Katherine's poetry allows her to transform the suffering and grief she witnesses in the world.
Steve Cramer M.D. is a neurologist and professor at UCI who writes about his clinical experiences.
Karen Dale M.F.A. is a poet and cancer survivor.
Denise Healey MBA is Chief Administrative Officer, UCI Department of Medicine and turned to poetry as a means to deal with personal grief and loss. Denise is also an Associate of the Loyola Institute for Spirituality where she volunteers as a spiritual director.
Jayne Lewis Ph.D. is a professor of English at UCI who served as chair of the curriculum workgroup for the UCI Medical Humanities Initiative.
Frank Meyskens M.D., FACP is an internationally recognized cancer researcher and has published two books of patient, care-giver, and family-themed poetry (Aching for Tomorrow; Believing in Today).
Gabriella Miotto M.D. is a family physician and published poet, active in the Laguna Poets Workshop, with extensive experience using poetry, art, and movement in medical education.
Tiffany Pham MS3 is a medical student at UC Irvine whose work has been published in Plexus: Journal of Arts and Humanities, and a former editor of the journal.
Nazin Sedehi MS2 is a medical student at UC Irvine whose work has been published in Plexus, and current humanities representative to the Associated Medical Student Government.
Johanna Shapiro Ph.D. is director of the Program in Medical Humanities & Arts at UCI-SoM and also a cancer survivor who has published her poetry in many medical journals.