The Healing Power of Storytelling

A Conversation with

Dr. Annie Brewster

physician, author and co-founder of Health Story Collaborative

Sunday, October 16

7:00pm

Goodwin Forum at the Concord Free Public Library

Annie Brewster, MD, is an Assistant Professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, a practicing physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston, a writer and a storyteller. She is also a patient, diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2001. In response to the disconnection she experienced in healthcare, both as a patient and a provider, and motivated by her belief in the power of stories, she started recording patient narratives in 2010. Integrating her personal experiences with the research supporting the health benefits of narrative, she founded Health Story Collaborative (HSC) in 2013, which has been featured on NPR affiliated WBUR. HSC is dedicated to helping individuals navigating health challenges find meaning, and ultimately heal, through storytelling. Annie is excited by interdisciplinary, cross-institutional collaborations that break through resistance to change. Learn more at www.healthstorycollaborative.org