Melding the Creative Arts with Medicine

Claire Unis MD MFA teaches why narrative medicine offers a powerful tool to reacquaint clinicians with meaningful medical practice by honing our ability to recognize, absorb, interpret, and be moved by stories.

[EPISODE] Packaging Up Skills As a Physician: Drs. Unis & Corriel

How can a physician who’s earned a degree in narrative medicine best package up her skills and provide services to others within healthcare? Drs. Unis and Corriel discuss.

Narrative Matters: How Stories can Transform Medicine

Claire Unis MD MFA claims that creative writing and literature offer physicians infinite opportunities to reconnect with purpose and inspiration. Come learn how narrative medicine can revolutionize how we practice.

Book: Balance, Pedal, Breathe: A Journey Through Medical School

By beautifully juxtaposing the often-tempestuous landscape of becoming a doctor with the author’s wide-ranging adventures in nature, this smartly written memoir explores the heart and sinew of medicine, discovering places where knowledge and meaning diverge—and, unexpectedly, intertwine.

Claire Unis, MD MFA

As an author, pediatrician, speaker, & narrative medicine facilitator, I believe in the power of creativity to connect us and help us heal.