04/14/2026
We are proud to announce this year’s annual Medicine & the Muse Student Symposium, a celebration of the many artistic, literary, musical and other creative scholarly talents at the Stanford School of Medicine by students, trainees and faculty, and a special performance by the Stanford Medicine Orchestra, comprised of Stanford Medicine and Stanford Health faculty, staff, students, alumni and family members.
This year's theme is The Anatomy of Empathy: Feeling in a Clinical World
Friday, April 17, 6:30PM
With performances by:
Jonathan Chen MD, PhD
Theater | KPop Demon Restoration Illusions
Tumi Akeke
Dance | Echoes of the Motherland: An Afro-Fusion Experience
Aparna Reddy
Dance | Vasantha Jathiswaram
Anushka Bhaskar
Spoken Word | To Look, To See, To Witness
Aswini Krishnan
Voice | Chanson d'Avril by Bizet
Journey to the Past from Anastasia: A Broadway Musical
Chibby Uwakwe
Piano | Le Tombeau de Couperin: I. Prélude by Maurice Ravel
James Poe
Piano | Sunset Bird by Yiruma
Steve Goodman, MD, MHS, PhD
Voice | Hallelujah (For Minnesotans)
Music: Leonard Cohen; Lyrics: Steve Goodman
Accompaniment: Chibby Uwakwe
Stanford Medicine Orchestra
Stanford Medicine Overture, in honor of Dr. Bryant Lin
Sharif Vakili, MD, Composer and Conductor
Stanford Medicine Orchestra
Quiet City by Aaron Copland | Gary Steinberg, MD, PhD
Vicky Xiong
Piano Concerto in G major by Maurice Ravel | Janet Wu
Romeo and Juliet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Terrance Yan
The event is free for all Stanford students with an ID. Come early to see the art gallery in the lobby. Hearty refreshments will be served.
Reserve or purchase a ticket:
https://live.stanford.edu/partner-events/school-of-medicine/2025-26-season/annual-medicine-muse-symposium/
Special thanks to our student organizers, Siwaar Abouhala, Brian Zhang, Charu Balamurugan, and Molly Barron, whose dedication and leadership make this soulful and thought-provoking event possible.