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From the Publisher
This issue of NexBioHealth celebrates those moments-where the art of medicine and the art of expression meet.
At NexBioHealth, our mission has always been to explore medicine as a dynamic, evolving field-one that embraces not just new technologies and discoveries, but also new ways of seeing, listening, and understanding.
Joseph P McMenamin, MD, JD, FCLM
From the Editor-in-Chief
You’re in for a treat. Our theme is “The Art of Healing: Where Medicine Meets Creativity.” In my time to date as editor of our magazine, and in a similar role at its predecessor, the World Asia Medical Journal, I don’t think I have ever had as much fun putting pieces together.
In this issue, we’re doing something different-and for a very special reason. Instead of our usual Medical Report, we’re honored to feature a deeply moving collection of visual narratives in a new section: Art Meets Medicine. These works, created by clinicians, students, and public health artists, reflect the dynamic and evolving relationship between science, healing, and human expression.
At a time when medicine faces rapid transformations-through advances in AI, shifts in care delivery, and growing calls for equity and empathy-these creative voices remind us of the deeper questions that underlie our work: What does healing look like? How do we make sense of illness, recovery, and connection beyond charts and scans? And how can beauty, vulnerability, and imagination become tools for reflection and care?
From immersive digital installations to intimate anatomical sketches, the pieces featured here represent more than talent-they reflect a way of seeing. A way of honoring complexity, sparking curiosity, and opening new spaces for dialogue and meaning in medicine.
We hope this section resonates with you as much as it did with us.
From the Editors
Bridging Medicine and Art: VCU’s Innovative Approach to Healing and Education
Interviewed by Joe McMenamin VCUarts, the art and design school at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), is perhaps the best-known and most widely recognized of all the schools there. The University’s...
Renaissance Man: How Aaron Anderson Is Transforming Medical Education Through the Art of Theater
by Joe McMenamin Aaron Anderson, PhD, is a Renaissance man. He is a military veteran, an ordnance expert, an actor, a theatrical fighting instructor, a Professor of Applied Arts at...
Sevaro’s Children’s Health Literacy project
Interview with Dr. Raj Narula Dr. Rajiv Narula, a stroke neurologist and founder of Sevaro, has taken an unconventional approach to prevention : educating children. In this interview, he discusses...
The Importance of Finding the Right Mentor and Becoming One
Mun K. Hong, MD, MHCM, FACC It was one of my first interventional cases with my mentor, Dr. Kenneth Kent, and I was not only excited to be finally learning the angioplasty techniques but also apprehensive to be working with my mentor. This was about 35 years ago and at that time we had limited equipment in the cath lab, especially for the particular...
Medical Education Day: A Strategy to Showcase Innovation and Research
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The Future of American Healthcare: A Senior Surgeon’s Perspective on Value- Based Care and Preventive Medicine
By Sanghyun Alexander Kim, MD As a surgeon with more than 25 years of experience in the U.S. healthcare system, I’ve seen both its triumphs and its shortcomings. Whether I’m in the operating room, a clinic, or a boardroom, one thing is clear: our current healthcare model is not sustainable....
Scales to Scalpels Doctors Who Practice the Healing Arts of Music and Medicine
Doctors Who Practice the Healing Arts of Music and Medicine By Lisa Wong, MD with Robert Viagas In today’s healthcare settings, technology promises connection-yet so often, it delivers the opposite. I’ve heard many patients share a common frustration: “My doctor hardly looked at me.” Instead, their eyes are fixed on...
In this article, Isabelle Spence offers a compelling introduction to music therapy – what it is, why it matters, and how it empowers patients like “E.” This piece is especially valuable for students, clinicians, and patients who want to understand how to incorporate supportive therapies like music therapy into holistic, patient-centered care.
In classrooms across the country, physical education and health teachers stand in front of the classroom explaining sexually transmitted diseases, diagrams depicting male and female reproductive anatomy, and strategies for disease prevention. But for millions of students around the world, the identities and demographics that they do not address has an overwhelmingly harmful effect of propagating stigma and bias.
Despite growing visibility and acceptance of LGBTQ+ identities over recent years, most sexual health education in North America continues to be largely heteronormative: focused exclusively on heterosexual relationships …
In this Dear Mentor, Kendrick is asking Dr. Anna Delamerced about The Healing Power of Arts.
“Growing up, the arts, especially music, has always been a part of my life. Whether it be playing trombone in high school or listening to my mother teach others how to play piano, I have grown to appreciate the impact music has impacted me. Although there are different forms of art, is there a specific art that you are drawn towards?”
First Narrative Medicine Workshop
Shanda McManus, MD Shanda McManus, MD Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine https://www.shandamcmanus.com Calling all writers, artists, and interested students! You are welcome to join us for our first virtual writing workshop on narrative medicine in...
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