Art + Medicine

Equity in healthcare requires both action and time for restorative rejuvenation. Story by Tseganesh Selameab, MD. Artwork by Akit Mehta, MD. Animation by Carrie Clark. This is a co-production of TPT-Twin Cities PBS and the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Dr. Alexandra Alejos wrestles with identity is her piece, "Some Thoughts." This is a co-production of TPT-Twin Cities PBS and the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Doctor Blanche Chavers (Pediatric Nephrologist) and David Hamlar (MD, DDS , Otolaryngologist, Craniofacial Surgeon , Retired Major General Minnesota National Guard) reflect on how Black representation in the medical field has changed over their careers and what more needs to be done for heath equity.

Doctor Brenda Her reveals how asking for help healed wounds of intergenerational trauma. This is a co-production of TPT-Twin Cities PBS and the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Connecting the arts and healthcare, physicians share stories about race, racism and antiracist efforts in the medical community. Hosted by Drs. Jon Hallberg and Tseganesh Selameab. This is a co-production of TPT-Twin Cities PBS and the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Physicians and community members perform the poem "To the Healers (And Their Patients Who Have the Right to be Healed)" by Dr. Tolbert Jones Small. Dr. Small was a physician to the founding chapter of the Black Panthers Party.

In the week following George Floyd's murder, Dr. Samantha Pace and the OBGYN department at Hennepin Healthcare, with University of Minnesota Medical School students and Black Coats 4 Black Lives, arranged a silent sit-in demonstration for healthcare professionals on the lawn of the Minnesota state capitol.

Dr. Cuong Pham's health equity work has changed as patient needs change. This is a co-production of TPT-Twin Cities PBS and the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Physicians’ answer the question, "Why we need to talk about race and racism in medicine?This is a co-production of TPT-Twin Cities PBS and the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Dr. Anthony Williams shares stories of being a Black Hospitalist. This is a co-production of TPT-Twin Cities PBS and the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School

Dr. Parrisha Roane performs her story, "The Consequences of Advocacy" addressing the racism she faces as a Black physician. This is a co-production of TPT-Twin Cities PBS and the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Microaggressions feel like perpetual middle school in Dr. Serin Edwin Erayil's story.