Medical Humanities
Medical College of Wisconsin Medical Humanities Program
The MCW Medical Humanities Program, founded in 2006, is dedicated to professionalism, communication, empathy and reflection, through education in literature, medical history, the visual and performing arts and the social sciences.
Medical Humanities Faculty Interest Group
MCW Muses
Director
Arthur Derse, MD, JD
Associate Director
Julia Uihlein, MA
Program Administration
Diane Kramer
Kristen Tym, MA
Claire Wenzel
Humanities Program Faculty
Karen Brasel, MD, MPH
Michael Farrell, MD
Nancy Havas, MD
Bruce Campbell, MD
Carlyle Chan, MD
Cynthiane Morgenweck, MD, MA
Humanities Program Faculty
Karen Brasel, MD, MPH
Michael Farrell, MD
Nancy Havas, MD
Bruce Campbell, MD
Carlyle Chan, MD
Cynthiane Morgenweck, MD, MA
Faculty Associates
Bruce Ambuel, PhD
Melissa Atwood, DO, MA
Paul Barkhaus, MD
Marshall Beckman, MD
Stuart Berger, MD
Adam Blackwell, MD
Ellen Blank, MD, MA
Linda Blust, MD
T. Michael Bolger, JD
William Burns, MD
Dennis Butler, PhD
Ann Catlett, MD
Shonu Das, MD
Walter Gager, MD
Mary Ann Gilligan, MD
Jennifer Griffiths, MD
Jonathan Gully, MD
Richard Holloway, PhD
Faculty Associates (continued)
Candice Johnstone, MD
Jack Kaufman, MD
Joseph Layde, MD, JD
K. Jane Lee, MD, MA
Jennifer Mackinnon, MD
Sean Marks, MD
Anthony Meyer, MD
Alex Okun, MD
Jacquelyn Paykel, MD
Wendy Peltier, MD
James Sebastian, MD
Steven Weisman, MD
Yong-ran Zhu, MD
Resident Associates
Brittany Bettendorf, MD
Elizabeth Fleming, MD
Theresa Maatman, MD
Julie Owen, MD
Staff Associates
Ginny Cleppe, AM, LCSW
Amy Leisten
William Schultz, MS
Community Associates
Ruric (Andy) Anderson, MD, Aurora Health Care
Joseph Boblick, Milw. Institute of Art and Design
Paul Brodwin, PhD, UW-Milwaukee
Polly Ewen Castor, Milw. Institute of Art and Design
Sumanta Chaudhuri, MD
Jane Chevako, MD, Children’s Hospital of WI
Edo deWaart, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
John J. Frey III, MD, Univ. of Wis. Med School
Tamara Hauck, Milw. Repertory Theater
Drs. William & Mary Alice Houghton
Rebecca Imes, PhD, Carroll University
Anne Johnson, MD
Maurice Kilwin-Guevara, PhD UW-Milwaukee
Francesco Lecce-Chong, Milw. Symphony Orchestra
Chris McLaughlin, Editor
Joan Prachthauser, Milwaukee Art Museum
Anton Salud II, MD, MA Madison Medical Associates
David Schiedermayer, MD, Theda Clark Pall. Care
Bruce Wilson, MD, Aurora VNA Zilber Family Hospice
Arthur Derse, MD, JD
Associate Director
Julia Uihlein, MA
Program Administration
Diane Kramer
Kristen Tym, MA
Claire Wenzel
Humanities Program Faculty
Karen Brasel, MD, MPH
Michael Farrell, MD
Nancy Havas, MD
Bruce Campbell, MD
Carlyle Chan, MD
Cynthiane Morgenweck, MD, MA
Humanities Program Faculty
Karen Brasel, MD, MPH
Michael Farrell, MD
Nancy Havas, MD
Bruce Campbell, MD
Carlyle Chan, MD
Cynthiane Morgenweck, MD, MA
Faculty Associates
Bruce Ambuel, PhD
Melissa Atwood, DO, MA
Paul Barkhaus, MD
Marshall Beckman, MD
Stuart Berger, MD
Adam Blackwell, MD
Ellen Blank, MD, MA
Linda Blust, MD
T. Michael Bolger, JD
William Burns, MD
Dennis Butler, PhD
Ann Catlett, MD
Shonu Das, MD
Walter Gager, MD
Mary Ann Gilligan, MD
Jennifer Griffiths, MD
Jonathan Gully, MD
Richard Holloway, PhD
Faculty Associates (continued)
Candice Johnstone, MD
Jack Kaufman, MD
Joseph Layde, MD, JD
K. Jane Lee, MD, MA
Jennifer Mackinnon, MD
Sean Marks, MD
Anthony Meyer, MD
Alex Okun, MD
Jacquelyn Paykel, MD
Wendy Peltier, MD
James Sebastian, MD
Steven Weisman, MD
Yong-ran Zhu, MD
Resident Associates
Brittany Bettendorf, MD
Elizabeth Fleming, MD
Theresa Maatman, MD
Julie Owen, MD
Staff Associates
Ginny Cleppe, AM, LCSW
Amy Leisten
William Schultz, MS
Community Associates
Ruric (Andy) Anderson, MD, Aurora Health Care
Joseph Boblick, Milw. Institute of Art and Design
Paul Brodwin, PhD, UW-Milwaukee
Polly Ewen Castor, Milw. Institute of Art and Design
Sumanta Chaudhuri, MD
Jane Chevako, MD, Children’s Hospital of WI
Edo deWaart, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
John J. Frey III, MD, Univ. of Wis. Med School
Tamara Hauck, Milw. Repertory Theater
Drs. William & Mary Alice Houghton
Rebecca Imes, PhD, Carroll University
Anne Johnson, MD
Maurice Kilwin-Guevara, PhD UW-Milwaukee
Francesco Lecce-Chong, Milw. Symphony Orchestra
Chris McLaughlin, Editor
Joan Prachthauser, Milwaukee Art Museum
Anton Salud II, MD, MA Madison Medical Associates
David Schiedermayer, MD, Theda Clark Pall. Care
Bruce Wilson, MD, Aurora VNA Zilber Family Hospice