A medical student was isolated by an autoimmune disorder. Poetry was a way out
When Leena Danawala’s poetry was published in JAMA last month, the medical journal became just about the only place online to publicly showcase her art.
Danawala, a 34-year-old rheumatologist in the Chicago area, had been writing poetry for over a decade but only posted about it occasionally on her Instagram. During her two-year rheumatology fellowship at Ohio State University, she suddenly felt the urge to share.
