717 Hamilton Hall, Columbia University
Dr. Rishi Goyal
The Charles Drew Premedical Society
You’re invited to attend our discussion on the intersection between medicine and the humanities, featuring guest speakers: Dr. Rishi Goyal, Dr. Rita Charon, Dr. Sarayanti DasGupta, and Dr. Kathryn Tabb. Join us to hear our special guests speak about Narrative Medicine and its application within their respective fields.
Bios:
Dr. Rishi Goyal is the Director of the Major in Medicine, Literature and Society and an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Columbia University. He was previously Director of Medical Humanism at the University of Arizona. Dr. Goyal teaches, publishes and lectures on a wide variety of topics related to the medical humanities.
Dr. Rita Charon is a general internist and literary scholar at Columbia University. She is founder and Executive Director of Columbia’s Program in Narrative Medicine. Supported by the NIH, NEH, and multiple private foundations to research the outcomes of narrative training for clinicians, Dr. Charon publishes and lectures widely on the narrative dimensions of health and health care.
Dr. Kathryn Tabb is an assistant professor of philosophy at Columbia. She has interests in philosophy of science and medicine and in history of philosophy, especially early modern philosophy. She is completing an MA in Bioethics and Health Law at the University of Pittsburgh on behavioral genetics and psychiatric ethics.
