WCM's Office of Medical Education is excited to launch the inaugural Medical Education Grand Round series!

Each month, the office will bring in nationally prominent speakers who will discuss various topics related to medical education—from traditional approaches to cutting-edge concepts and more.

The first Grand Rounds will be held on Sept. 17, 2025, 12-1pm, at the Griffis Faculty Club / Zoom and will be led by Rita Charon, M.D., Ph.D., a general internist and literary scholar and one of the founders of the field of narrative medicine. Dr. Charon is the Bernard Schoenberg Professor of Social Medicine, Professor of Medicine, and Founding Chair of the Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics at Columbia.

TItle: "Powering the Medical Humanities: What Health Care Cannot Do Without Us"

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize the urgent goals for health care reachable with creativity/inquiry/vision
• Imagine a future of power through arts and humanities
• Discover partners in NYP (East and West Campuses!) for muscular work in narrative medicine and medical humanities

RSVP here if you plan to attend in person. Please note, in-person space is limited. Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees.