In Focus Lecture: Whitney You

Dr. Whitney B. You is a physician, writer, and educator whose work bridges medicine, art, and narrative. She is Director of Obstetrics at Evanston Hospital/Endeavor Health, and an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. A board-certified Maternal–Fetal Medicine specialist and U.S. Navy veteran, she has devoted her career to improving perinatal outcomes and physician well-being while integrating the humanities into medical education.

Dr. You holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She has been recognized by the Best American Essays series and received honors including a Pushcart Prize and Illinois Arts Council Literary Award. Her essays have appeared in The Threepenny Review, Pleiades, The Rumpus, and Typehouse, among others.

Her current work explores the role of art in cultivating empathy, reflection, and resilience in clinical practice. She is a 2024–25 Harvard Art Museums Health Professions Education Fellow and a Stanford Physician Well-Being Director Course participant.

Topic: In Focus Lecture with Dr. Whitney You
Time: Dec 7, 2025 03:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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