The nexus of music and medicine
Leadership: Finding your voice in Music and Medicine was a lecture hosted by Harvard University at the Ed Portal in Allston. The Sept. 28th event featured a sting quartet whose performers included; Lisa Wong, M.D., a Boston Children's Hospital pediatrician; Emily Hsieh, a research assistant at Dana Farber; Boston Children's Hospital first female surgeon, Terry Buchmiller M.D.; and a molecular dermatopatholgist at Miraca Life Sciences, Julie Reimann, M.D. Ph.D. Accompanying them was Chief of Orthopedics at Boston Children's Hospital, clarinetist, Mark Gebhardt, M.D. The round table-styled evening also included insights offered by Dr. Christoph Westphal, M.D.,Ph.D, CEO and co-founder of Flex Phama, a Boston based biopharmaceutical company.
The format of the evening was designed to answer three questions; what does it mean to lead, when to lead, and when to follow. Attendees of the HUB week event listened to conversations that thoughtfully articulated the concepts both verbally and musically. Dr. Wong, a strong proponent of music's magic, is the past president of Longwood Symphony Orchestra. As a volunteer organization, LSO represents a multi-talented body of medical professionals culled from across the city's medical Mecca. Dr. Wong believes musical expression is a dynamic, non-verbal option in communication that can be simultaneously beautiful, educational, emotional, and soothing.
