Qiuwei Yang ('22) and Laël Ngangmeni ('23, MD/PhD) are joined by family physician Dr. Henry Del Rosario to discuss an interesting experience at a car dealership, as well as how his creative side and his faith impact his perspectives on healing. Recorded October 2021.  Transcript available here: https://repository.escholarship.umassmed.edu/handle/20.500.14038/37384 ..read more

Laël Ngangmeni ('23, MD/PhD) and Jesse Sardell ('24) are joined by Sara Wang ('24) for a discussion on how to tell stories from a patient's perspective, as well as what medical students should consider when they meet a patient for the first time. Transcript available here: https://repository.escholarship.umassmed.edu/handle/20.500.14038/37383 ..read more

Laël Ngangmeni ('23, MD/PhD) and Dr. Hugh Silk are joined by Ken Peterson, a family nurse practitioner and assistant professor in the Graduate School of Nursing, to reflect on his experience as a nurse during the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Recorded August 2021. Transcript available here: https://repository.escholarship.umassmed.edu/handle/20.500.14038/37382 ..read more

Dr. Hugh Silk and Jesse Sardell ('24) are joined by Mina Botros ('24) to hear about his experience meeting people -- both similar and quite different from himself -- as he got involved with vaccination efforts early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Transcript available here: https://repository.escholarship.umassmed.edu/handle/20.500.14038/37381 ..read more

Qiuwei Yang ('22) and Jesse Sardell ('24) are joined by pediatrician Dr. Heather Finlay-Morreale to discuss her experience of being diagnosed with a chronic illness and how that has influenced the way she cares for her own patients. Recorded April 2021. Transcript available here: https://repository.escholarship.umassmed.edu/handle/20.500.14038/37380 ..read more

Dr. Divya Bhatia ('21) and Dr. Hugh Silk are joined by pediatric surgeon Dr. Michael Hirsh to talk about a trip to Holland and visiting the Westerbork transit camp. Recorded April 2021. Transcript available here: https://repository.escholarship.umassmed.edu/handle/20.500.14038/37392 ..read more

Join us for Season 2 of Murmurs: Stories from our Journey in Medicine. We'll be featuring new voices from the UMass (now UMass Chan) community. First episode premieres Monday, November 22nd with new episodes weekly! Transcript available here: https://repository.escholarship.umassmed.edu/handle/20.500.14038/37391 ..read more

Thank you so much for joining us for this first season! We are collecting listener feedback for our capstone project via this survey. If you have a couple minutes to spare, please consider filling it out. We hope to see you soon with a season 2!  If you would like to join the Murmurs team or if you'd like to share your own work, please contact us at murmursumassmed@gmail.com.  Link to survey: https://forms.gle/LrZGc6bw9rwfrCk58 ..read more

Divya Bhatia and Dr. Hugh Silk sit down with Dr. Lucy Candib to talk about the importance of medical-legal partnerships in advocating for individuals who are victims of abuse or torture in their home countries seeking asylum in the US.  Content warning: physical and sexual abuse, homophobia, and torture. Recorded March 2020. We are collecting listener feedback for our capstone project via this survey. Link to survey: https://forms.gle/LrZGc6bw9rwfrCk58  ..read more

Divya Bhatia and Qiuwei Yang sit down with Bridget Yang to discuss her piece, "Dear Anonymous Donor,” and the anatomy lab experience. Recorded October 2019.  We are collecting listener feedback for our capstone project via this survey. Link to survey: https://forms.gle/LrZGc6bw9rwfrCk58 ..read more