May 15, 2018  |  6:30pm - 8:30pm
Event

2018 Story Slam

The University of Toronto's Department of Medicine invites you to the second annual Story Slam. 

2018 Story Slam Poster

What’s a Story Slam?

Story Slams are events that celebrate storytelling. Participants verbally share brief stories (5-minute maximum) with an audience who vote on their favourite story. The Department of Medicine organized its first story slam event in 2017, featuring 15 storytellers. Each story was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Confirmed Storytellers

Dr. Shaheeda Ahmed (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)
Dr. Jonathan Ailon (St. Michael's Hospital)
Dr. Sarah Andersen (GIM Resident)
Dr. Naheed Dosani (St. Michael’s Hospital, William Osler Health System)
Dr. Maria Jogova (CMR, St. Michael’s Hospital)
Dr. David Juurlink (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)
Dr. Laveena Munshi (Mt. Sinai Hospital)
Dr. Dhruv Nayyar (GIM Resident) 
Dr. Raffi Rush (Toronto Grace Health Centre)
Dr. Umberin Najeeb (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)
Dr. Vladimir Sluzar (Trillium Health Partners)
Dr. Josh Wales (Mt. Sinai Hospital)
Dr. Lesley Wiesenfeld (Mt. Sinai Hospital)
Dr. Camilla Wong (St. Michael’s Hospital)

 

Featuring a performance from Jenn and the Holograms

Jenn and the Holograms

Right to left: Dr. Jenn Bryan, Dr. Jo Jo Leung, Dr. Telisha Smith-Gorvie
(University Health Network) and Justin Kwitco (Photo: Dr. Dawn Lim, UHN)

RSVP

Please click here to RSVP.

This event is organized by Dr. Allan Detsky, Wilson Kwong, Nilay Shah and Kevin Venus.