Celebration of Humanism in Medicine

KSG Humanism in Medicine Week

Each May, the KSG Program hosts a week-long series of events to commemorate Katherine's legacy. These events focus on our core values and serve as a yearly celebration of BIDMC's dedication to humanism in medicine. Annual events include:

M&M: "Music & Musings" with musical performances and readings by our housestaff and an art exhibition highlighting paintings, photographs, sculptures and drawings created by residents. Watch the video recordings:
- Visual Arts: 2022 recording | 2021 Recording | 2020 Recording
- Music: 2022 recording | 2021 recording | 2020 recording
- Culinary Arts: 2022 recording
- Photography: 2020 recording
- Poetry: 2021 recording part 1 & part 2 | 2020 recording part 1 & part 2
Journal Club discussion session led by a member of our housestaff
General Medicine Grand Rounds presentation
Medical Grand Rounds lecture delivered by a visiting professor
Caducean Lights, BIDMC's magazine of art and literature: the literary magazine was started by KSG ‘19-20 fellow Dr. Sami Pop and co-edited with KSG Director Dr. Jon Crocker, with its first annual issue in 2020 and second in 2021. The magazine is composed of original submissions related to a medical subject in the form of poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, photography, and visual art. Submissions were open to all employees across all departments at BIDMC.

KSG Awardees

Faculty Awardees

Resident Awardees

1993: Cynthia Thaik, MD
1994: John E. Butter, MD
1995: Jon S. Blum, MD
1996: Shahin Lockman, MD
1997: Wanita Kumar, MD
1998: Preetha Basaviah, MD
1999: Radhika Ramanan, MD
2000: Julius Yang, MD
2001: Jenny Jen-Yi Lin, MD
2002: Kristin O’Neil, MD
2003: Jennifer Ting, MD
2004: Beth Ann Sastre, MD
2005: Himani Chandra, MD
2006: Alena Goldman, MD
2007: Amy Slansky, MD
2008: Jillian Catalanotti, MD
2009: Heidi Blake, MD
2010: Joseph Wright, MD
2011: Grace Farris, MD
2012: Amber Moore, MD, MPH
2013: Elizabeth Housman, MD
2014: Jonah Cohen, MD
2015: Sarah Lieber, MD
2016: Lika Targan, MD
2017: James Parris, MD
2018: Kathleen Leahy, MD
2019: Alison Trainor, MD
2020: Samantha Pop, MD, and Jonathan Berry, MD
2021: Brooke Lubinski, MD
2022: Kate Ituarte, MD
2023: Antea DeMarsilis, MD