Emily Silverman is an internal medicine physician at UCSF and Founder of The Nocturnists. Her writing has been supported by MacDowell and published in The New York Times, The Virginia Quarterly Review, JAMA, McSweeneys, and more. She was awarded Honoree of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts’ 100 List in 2020 and named by Podcast Magazine as one of the top “40 Under 40 in podcasting” for 2022.

Mike Abernethy is a clinical professor of Emergency Medicine, helicopter flight physician, and former naval engineer, EMT & military officer.

Melanie Ambler is a first-year medical student at Stanford School of Medicine, cellist, and an aspiring physician-artist.

Alessa Colaianni is a head and neck surgeon and writer at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland.

Jackie Howitt is a retired OB/GYN in Rochester, NY, with a recently awarded degree in Medical Humanities and BioEthics from URMC.

PJ Lally works as a hospitalist and hospice doc in Northern California, finishing a Masters in Divinity in Spirituality and Peacemaking.

Mimi Lee is a physician scientist, pianist, and neurosurgeon-cum-anesthesiologist building a gene therapy enterprise for Samsung in South Korea.

Lillie Reed is a third-year medical and masters in epidemiology student at Stanford School of Medicine interested in psychiatry and pediatrics.

Tseganesh Selameab is a primary care doctor in St. Paul, MN by day and a medical education disruptor at night.

Gretchen Volk has been a general pediatrician for the past 25 years and is currently a pediatric urgent care physician in Rochester, NY.

Motoko Honda is an Oakland-based concert pianist, composer, and interdisciplinary artist.