Medical Humanities and Arts

PLEXUS would like to give a special thanks to our faculty advisor, Dr. Johanna Shapiro. This publication would not have been possible without the support of the UC Irvine School of Medicine and Dr. Ellena Peterson.

This edition of PLEXUS is dedicated to THOMAS SAGE HAND (March 27, 1985 — January 15, 2012)

Sponsors: UCI School of Medicine Dean’s Office, Office of Educational Affairs, and Office of Admissions

Past Plexus Editors: David Cheng, Stephanie Le, Virginia Liu, Nupoor Narula

Editors in Chief: Nina Narasimhalu, Nguyen Nguyen

Creative Writing: Lorianne Burns, Samantha Costantini, David Tran

Visual Arts:  Christine Lee, Kimberly Truong

Layout & Design: Christine Lee, Hanna Liu

Audio: Melody Besharati, Andrew Treister

Marketing & Outreach: Christopher Nguyen

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Published works were contributed by UCI School of Medicine students, physicians, faculty, staff, alumni and patients.

Thank you to Printing Division, Inc. © 2012 Plexus.