Conversation with Dr. Lisa Wong

Join pediatrician and musician Dr. Lisa Wong for a chat on how she has braided together a life caring for the community through health, education and music. Please bring your personal reflections, experiences and curiosity.

Dr. Lisa Wong is a musician, pediatrician, and arts education advocate. She is an assistant professor of pediatrics and co-director of the Arts and Humanities Initiative at Harvard Medical School. She served as president of the Longwood Symphony Orchestra for 21 years, where she co-designed its signature "Healing Art of Music Program." During the Covid-19 pandemic, she helped create Boston Hope Music, offering virtual music performances to patients and healthcare workers. Dr. Wong teaches a course on music, health, and education at Harvard College and co-leads a museum-based medical education fellowship. She serves on the boards of Conservatory Lab Charter School, A Far Cry Orchestra, and chairs the Arts Expansion initiative of the Boston Public Schools. Nationally, she contributed to the National Academies Committee on Arts in STEMM higher education and also serves on the Neuroarts Blueprint scientific committee. Dr. Wong is the author of Scales to Scalpels: Doctors Who Practice the Healing Arts of Music and Medicine.

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