We are a group of physicians who also are creative writers. The group was founded in 2008 by Audrey Shafer, M.D. (Anaesthesia), Hans Steiner, M.D. (Psychiatry and Human Development), Irvin Yalom, M.D. (Psychiatry) and Larry Zaroff, M.D., Ph.D., (Cardiac Surgery).

The group currently has some thirty members from all branches of medicine participating in monthly meetings, workshops and annual readings. Our members write poetry, fiction, fictionalized memoirs, op-ed pieces and educational texts for the lay public with the intent to broaden public understanding of the science and art of medicine. Other goals of the group are: to bring the insights of humanistic arts to the practice of medicine; to inform creative writing by the practice of medicine; to educate medical students and young physicians in the humanistic dimensions of medical practice; and to celebrate the lives of our patients through our writing.

The Pegasus Physicians group closely collaborates with the Arts, Humanities & Medicine Program at the Stanford School of Medicine:

http://bioethics.stanford.edu/arts/ProgramPeople.html

Recently, the Pegasus group was featured in an article about the Arts, Humanities & Medicine Programs that allow Stanford School of Medicine students to explore their artistic passions in conjunction with their medical studies:http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/july/humanities-medical-students-070212.html

To contact the group, email Dr. Steiner: steiner@stanford.edu

Honorary Advisory Board Members in Alphabetical Order (Click here for titles and creative publications):

  • Rafael Campo, MA, MD, DLitt(Hon)
  • Paulus Hochgatterer, MD
  • Eric Kandel, MD
  • Jonathan Kellerman, PhD
  • Robin S. Rosenberg, PhD
  • Marilyn Yalom, PhD

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Save the Date for the Next Reading:

"Healing Our Heroes"

Thursday, July 11th, 2013 @ 5:30pm

Auditorium, Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford University

 

Free and open to the public

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PAST READINGS:

Stanford Med Writers Forum Featuring Readings by the Pegasus Physicians at Stanford:

  • "The Wind of Freedom Blows"

April 23rd, 2013
Click here to download a copy of the poster.