Archive: Lakshmi Krishnan
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Inaugural Georgetown-Howard Medical Humanities Fireside Chat Highlights Health Narratives and Justice
The Georgetown-Howard Center for Medical Humanities and Health Justice hosted its inaugural fireside chat, bringing together scholars and storytellers to explore health…
January 17, 2026
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When AI Challenges the Diagnosis: What History and Technology Reveal
A recent STAT analysis examining studies in which tools like ChatGPT outperform physicians in certain diagnostic tasks has sparked renewed discussion about what diagnosis means…
January 17, 2026
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Exploring the Intersection Between Writing and Medicine
Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan from Georgetown University joined Dr. Lenny Grant and Dr. Jeremy Greene at Johns Hopkins University for Rx: Conversations about Medicine and Writing, an…
January 17, 2026
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- Scholarship
The New Clinician-Scholars—Dual Training in Medicine and Humanities Drives Health Research Innovation
Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan, Founding Director of the Medical Humanities Initiative at Georgetown University, co-authored a new JAMA Viewpoint titled “The New Clinician-Scholars…
October 26, 2025
- Past events
2nd Annual Medical Humanities Research Showcase
Congratulations to all our research fellows and graduating seniors for presenting your work at the Medical Humanities Research Showcase on April 25! Learn more about the senior…
April 25, 2024
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Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan Speaks at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Grand Rounds
On October 13th, Dr. Krishnan gave a talk at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on Medical Detectives: A History of Diagnosis and the Stories Doctors Tell About.…
October 13, 2023
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1st Annual Medical Humanities Research Showcase
On May 2nd, 2023, Medical Humanities hosted our first annual research showcase celebrating the scholarship from this year’s senior capstones and research fellowships.…
May 2, 2023
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Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan Featured in Nautilus Magazine Article “Are We Doctors or Data Workers?”
Michael Denham explores the impact of electronic health records (EHR) on physician professional identity and physician-patient relationships in this Nautilus Magazine article,…
January 13, 2023
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Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan is a Guest Speaker in Episode 70 of Dr. Adam Rodman’s Bedside Rounds Podcast: “A Doctor’s Work”
Dr. Adam Rodman invites Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan and Dr. Michael Neuss onto his podcast series, Bedside Rounds, to discuss their latest article “Virtuosic craft or clerical…
January 13, 2023
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“Virtuosic Craft or Clerical Labour: the Rise of the Electronic Health Record and Challenges to Physicians’ Professional Identity (1950-2022)”
In this article, Lakshmi Krishnan and Michael Neuss tackle the debate around the electronic health record (EHR), by following key moments in the history of the early computer…
October 7, 2022