Healthcare workers and artists gallery of art
How healthcare workers are using art to cope with the pandemic
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Art has given Dr. Anu Gupta an outlet after long days “of delivering babies and seeing other patients amidst COVID with fears of infection ,death and frustrations.” (Anu Gupta)
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Psychotherapist, writer and artist Mary Shannon, created this piece to mark to grim milestone of 500,000 COVID-19 related deaths in the U.S. (Mary Shannon)
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Pediatrician Dr. Paulina Buaraczynski turned to making dominoes as a form of stress relief. (Paulina Buaraczynski)
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Psychiatrist Dr. Aparna Iyer creates whimsical photo compositions as a way to refresh and reset between patients. (Aparna Iyer)
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Dr. Ana Velez’s painting “Ay Dios mío” is inspired by the fear of not wearing PPE in the COVID-19 ward and the fear of seeing many patients die of COVID-19. (Ana Velez)
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Although Dr. Connie Hinkle painted often during college, she had to pause during medical school and residency. “I have started creating art again during the pandemic because I wanted to make something beautiful in middle of all the suffering I see as a front line hospitalist.” (Connie Hinkle)
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Surgeon Dr. Heather Hancock picked up watercolors as a form of art meditation on demanding days. (Heather Hancock)
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Dr. Hetvi Joshi named this painting “Calm in the chaos,” representing the person who represents a sense of calm in a chaotic year. (Hetvi Joshi)
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“Art has been my outlet to disengage temporarily from the strife the entire world has been going through,” says Dr. Bhavika Bhan. (Bhavika Bhan)
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Baking is a form of escape and inspiration for neonatologist Dr. Nicole Grady. (Nicole Grady)
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This portrait drawing by Dr. Rosanne Leger “represents us physician women trying to juggle medicine and being a mother.” (Rosanne Leger)