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October 1, 2025 • Medical Humanities Section
On her way to San Francisco General, Abigail bites her fingernails. Two tattered N95s lie in the passenger seat—the hospital ran out of masks a month ago. The emergency room smells like death. Her fir...
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From the Editor Iyesatta Massaquoi Emeli, MD, MPH, FACEP
Message from the Chair, Kamna Balhara, MD, MA, FACEP
May 22, 2025 • Medical Humanities Section
The Section of Medical Humanities is soliciting submissions for its eighteenth annual Writing Awards. Eligible pieces are creative, not scientific, works related to emergency medicine published in pri...
December 18, 2024 • Medical Humanities Section
Celebrating Art, Healing, and Community
July 3, 2024 • Medical Humanities Section
Invincible by Jay Kaplan, MD, FACEP
Ascent by Szymon Kutyla, MD
July 2, 2024 • Medical Humanities Section
Dear Members of the ACEP Medical Humanities Section...
The creativity, joy, and courage that define this section serve as a powerful antidote to the increasingly polarized, busy, and overwhelming world we inhabit.
In summer, the sun makes its bed as I walk to the hospital for my first overnight emergency medicine shift. I’m paired with a resident for the night. He moves quickly without waste, always saving ener...
Peaceful Reflection by Marsha Ford, MD
Window – Nepal by Robert Golomb MD, FACEP
June 26, 2024 • Medical Humanities Section
The Section of Medical Humanities is soliciting submissions for its seventeenth annual Writing Awards. Eligible pieces are creative, not scientific, works related to emergency medicine published in pr...
November 13, 2023 • Medical Humanities Section
I could’ve encased myself in iron, or maybe just skipped a couple of gin kisses. You would’ve slithered up my ladder anyway until you found a crack in the rungs.
He died while dancing. On his 40th birthday. At the gala his family threw for him. Right in the middle of the dance floor. In the arms of his daughter.
The Section of Medical Humanities tenth annual Visual Arts Award is presented to Kelley Hails, MD.
2004 – Section is incorporated. Michael Burg is first section chair. 2005 – First Art Gallery “Artistic Expressions” at Scientific Assembly in Washington, DC, in conjunction with ACEP Educational Comm...
It is a privilege (and a joy) to have the opportunity to serve this section as Chair for the next two years! The efforts of past chairs have nurtured a truly unique and essential community.
I am truly honored to be your new newsletter editor. I would like to take a moment to introduce myself. I am an emergency physician and have practiced at Emory University in Atlanta for over the past ...
December 5, 2022 • Medical Humanities Section
Update from the Section Chair, Seth C. Hawkins MD, FACEP
And Breathe by Elizabeth Mitchell, MD
The Pianist by Rachel Kowalsky, MD
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