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Deyaan Guha is a senior at Brandeis University studying Biology and Neuroscience. He is the founder of Prose for Patients, a narrative medicine initiative that amplifies the voices of patients, healthcare providers, and others across the care experience through written narratives and poetry. His work focuses on the intersection of storytelling and medicine, exploring how narrative can preserve identity, foster connection, and deepen our understanding of the human experience in healthcare.

Brief Description of the Session:

This session will explore collective poetry as a form of shared storytelling, where individual voices come together to create a unified narrative. Through guided prompts and reflection, participants will contribute lines, phrases, and ideas that are woven into a collaborative poem in real time. The session will emphasize presence, listening, and the power of language to capture complex experiences, demonstrating how storytelling can be both personal and communal within narrative medicine.

Dr. Natalie Erlich-Malona is a board-certified epileptologist and neurologist practicing at UMass Memorial Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Neurology at UMass Chan Medical School. She received her MD at Tufts University School of Medicine and completed residency training in neurology as well as fellowship training in epilepsy at Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University. She is involved in research on the "Mozart effect" in Epilepsy and has given lectures on the topic at UMass, Brown, for the International Child Neurology Association and for the Epilepsy Foundation of New England. Prior to pursuing a career in medicine she was a professional pianist, having trained at the Juilliard School and the New England Conservatory in Music, and holding a BM and an MM in Piano Performance from the latter. She lives in Providence, RI with her husband, two small children, her Steinway grand piano and a harpsichord.