Sarah Samaan



sarah@sarahsamaan.com

Education


2025- present      

  • Fellow, Harvard Macy Institute’s Art Museum-Based Health Professions Education program
  • Harvard University
  • Boston, Massachusetts 

2024- present       

  • MFA Photography Student
  • University of Hartford
  • Hartford, Connecticut

2024                             

  • BFA Digital Photography
  • Arizona State University
  • Tempe, Arizona

1988                              

  • Doctor of Medicine
  • Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
  • Nashville, Tennessee

1984                              

  • Bachelor of Science in Psychology, minors in Philosophy and English Literature 
  • Texas A&M University
  • College Station, Texas

Photography Awards and Scholarships


2023-2024    Jane and Geoffrey Edmunds Scholarship

                             Arizona State University

2023-2024    Special Talent Award Scholarship

                             Arizona State University School of Art                            

2023                  Big Sur Lodge Adventures Story Contest 

                              Finalist

2022                  Dallas Center for Photography, Landscapes Competition

                             Honorable Mention


Relevant Arts and Humanities Leadership Positions


2024- present

  • Co-Leader, Arts and Medicine Course, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
  • Co-Chair, American Medical Women’s Association Literary Committe
  • Member, American College of Cardiology Clinician Well-Being Working Group


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