"Ultimately, it's about Identity": Narrative Medicine and Personhood
Presenter: Alessandra Colaianni, MD, MPhil Recorded: February 17, 2026 Series: Allen M. Boyden, MD Memorial Lectureship In this presentation, Dr. Alessandra Colaianni will explore narrative medicine and discuss its relevance to understanding and caring for patients in the clinical setting. Through this framework, she will examine personhood and identity within the context of illness and surgery. Finally, Dr. Colaianni will discuss narrative inquiry as a method of maintaining moral imagination.























