Listening to Live Longer: What Narrative Medicine Teaches Us About Caring for Older Adults

Join us for an insightful discussion with Angelo Chen, a Biosciences and Health Sciences student at Rice University pursuing a minor in Medical Humanities. Angelo brings a background in lung cancer research at MD Anderson alongside a growing focus on narrative medicine-the practice of using patients' stories to guide more attentive, compassionate care. He will share what the next generation of physicians is learning about listening to older adults, why their stories matter to diagnosis and treatment, and how care teams can bring more humanity into everyday interactions with seniors. His perspective offers a hopeful, forward looking view of what compassionate care can look like as new doctors enter the field.