Medical Humanities and Arts

PLEXUS is a student-organized publication that showcases artwork by the UCI School of Medicine students, physicians, faculty, staff and patients.

True to its name, PLEXUS aspires to connect those who seek to heal and to be healed through the unifying language of art.

In 2016, PLEXUS invited submissions to complement our theme of “Cultivating perspectives.” The PLEXUS team was astounded by the depth and richness of the pieces submitted, and we thank each and every one of our submitters for their time and thought. Additionally, please find our performing arts pieces on our website, www.uciplexus.org. Previous publications and pieces are available online as well.

Winners of PLEXUS Student Competitions made possible by the Program in Medical Humanities & Arts. We would like to congratulate the following winners for this year’s medical student competitions:

Writing competition: 1st: Leigh Goodrich, MS2 “Looking Up”; 2nd: Adam Kalawi MS2 “Death of A Star”; and 3rd: Carolyn Fall, MS2 “Passing.”

Visual competition: 1st: Andy Trang, MS2, “Fibers of Life”; 2nd: Mia Shan, MS2 “Nagare”; and 3rd: Vira Fomenko, MS2 “Ballooning Through Fairy Chimneys.”

 Performing arts competition: 1st: Sandra Gattas & Luke Yu, MS1, “When It’s Time”; 2nd: Stefan Brooks, Graduate student, “Best Days Ahead”; and 3rd: Nathan Calixto & Jeremy Martin, MS1, “Two Selections from ‘A Shropshire Lad’.”

Thank you to our wonderful editors, staff and faculty for their support in making this year’s edition possible. We would like to give special thanks to our faculty advisor, Dr. Johanna Shapiro and Dr. Ellena Peterson, Associate Dean of Admissions & Outreach - this book would not have been possible without your guiding hands.

 We hope you enjoy PLEXUS 2016 – Cultivating Perspectives

 Editors-In-Chief: Austin Momii, Tiffany Pham

Creative Writing Editors: Carolyn Fall, Kaavya Raman

Design & Visual Editors: Heechul Jun, Faith Njoku, Kaavya Raman, Sunober Siddiqi, Beatrice Sun, Christopher Vo

Marketing & Outreach: Michael Bernaba, Carolyn Fall, Heechul Jun, Olivia Kaminsky, Helene Nepomuceno, Violeta Osegueda, Soe Thein, Jamie Yabuno

Website Design/ Digital Journal: Heechul Jun, Austin Momii, Sunober Siddiqi, Beatrice Sun

 To contribute to PLEXUS or to request a PLEXUS exhibit at your event, please visit www.uciplexus.org