DIGEST 2008
No2
EDITOR JENNIFER SCHAFFER LEONE CREATIVE DIRECTOR WENDY W. ROMANO ASSOCIATE EDITOR CAROL L. WEISL ALUMNI EDITORS MADELINE LAW PAMELA RUOFF FLORENCE D. ZELLER GRAPHIC DESIGNER PAMELA A. ALBRIGHT CONTRIBUTING DESIGNER ABIGAIL L. CLAYTON CONTRIBUTING WRITERS JEFFREY BRAMNICK JOHN G. RAHEB, DO ’91, CDR MC USN NANCY WEST
C ON T E N T S Features The Arts in Medicine: A Powerful Force of Healing . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Visual Arts: Another Kind of Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Dance: Staying Alive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Creative Writing: Breaking Down Barriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Photography: A Different View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Year One: Observations from Four Residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 The Heart of the Matter: Long QT Syndrome Research . . . . . . 20
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Updates and Kudos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Development News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Class Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 My Turn Essay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28