Heart in Bloom
“Heart in Bloom” is a 2025 National Hospitalist Day HM Voices Contest Winner
“I was on my cardiology service when I painted this piece. The hospital I was rotating at had its mission statement written on the outside building: Here your heart is in the right place.’ Taking care of our patients means not only listening to their heart with a stethoscope, but caring for the ‘heart’ that encompasses their worries and feelings as well. In this way, we as hospitalists can truly celebrate the B in the ABCs, building (and blooming) community.”
Ms. Shah is a rising 4th-year medical student at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Ky.