Margaret S. Chisolm, MD

• Director of the Paul McHugh Program for Human Flourishing, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

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https://www.twitter.com/whole_patients

• Picture of Health, Johns Hopkins Medicine (October 06, 2022)

Professor of Medicine

Arts and Humanities in Medical Education, Humanism/Professionalism in Medical Education, Psychiatric Education Towards Care of Whole Person

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Chisolm+Margaret[au]

• Tackett S, Balhara KS, Ungaretti T, Yenawine P, Chisolm MS. Being Human: Envisioning the Future of Museum-Based Education for Health Professionals. Acad Med. 2025 Jun 1;100(6):673-678. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000006002. Epub 2025 Feb 20. PMID: 39977656
• Agarwal G, Yenawine P, Manohar S, Chisolm MS. Implementing a Visual Thinking Strategies program in health professions schools: An AMEE Guide for health professions educators: AMEE Guide No. 179. Med Teach. 2025 Jan 31:1-10. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2025.2458287. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39887055
• Zheng D, Yenawine P, Chisolm MS. Fostering Wonder Through the Arts and Humanities: Using Visual Thinking Strategies in Medical Education. Acad Med. 2024 Mar 1;99(3):256-260. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000005519. Epub 2023 Nov 10. PMID: 37962172
• Tackett S, Eller L, Scharff S, Balhara KS, Stouffer KM, Suchanek M, Clever SL, Yenawine P, Wolffe S, Chisolm MS. Transformative experiences at art museums to support flourishing in medicine. Med Educ Online. 2023 Dec;28(1):2202914. doi: 10.1080/10872981.2023.2202914. PMID: 37074677; PMCID: PMC10120547
• Chisolm MS, Kelly-Hedrick M, Wright SM. How Visual Arts-Based Education Can Promote Clinical Excellence. Acad Med. 2021 Aug 1;96(8):1100-1104. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000003862. Epub 2020 Dec 1. PMID: 33264111

• Member of the Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence, Johns Hopkins University
• Returning Gold Humanism Scholar at the Harvard Macy Institute 2017 Program for Educators
• Excellence in Teaching Award for the School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association, 1/1/14
• Chester W. Schmidt, Jr. Teaching Excellence Award, for the Bayview Department of Psychiatry, 1/1/14
• Gold Humanism Scholar at the Harvard Macy Institute 2014 Program for Educators, Harvard University, 1/1/14
• Chester W. Schmidt, Jr. Teaching Excellence Award, for the Bayview Department of Psychiatry, 1/1/13

2/18/25 Plenary Speaker, 2025 Matthew Bulfin Educational Conference, “The assessment and care of patients using the Perspectives of Psychiatry and Flourishing models,” Orlando, FL 

3/19-20/25 Keynote Speaker, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University 2025 Bioethics Lecture Series, "Flourishing in Healthcare Education and Practice" and “Flourishing in the Midst of Mental Illness,” Baton Rouge, LA 

3/24-25/25 Speaker, Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, University of Oxford. As part of a GLIDE fellowship-funded (a partnership between Oxford and Johns Hopkins) interdisciplinary workshop on art, ethics, and human remains, delivered a talk, “The Role of Visual Arts in Medical Learning from Human Remains,” and participated in other workshop activities, Oxford, UK 

4/3/25 Workshop co-facilitator, “Creative Pathways: Transforming Medical Education Through Arts-Based Teaching and Connection,” International Congress on Academic Medicine, Halifax, Canada 

4/20-28/25 Visiting Professor, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University. As part of an NSTC-funded 2-year project, “Integrating Visual Art into Medical Education: Curriculum Development, Faculty Development, and Learning Outcomes Assessment Using Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS).” Delivered a keynote speech during a VTS symposium (attended by over 1,000 participants with a post-symposium satisfaction score of 4.78 on a 5-point scale), conducted VTS workshops (at Tzu Chi Hospital in Taipei and Tzu Chi University School of Medicine in Hualien), and observed and offered feedback on the School’s Art in Medical Education activities, Taipei and Hualien, Taiwan 

5/6/25 Speaker, “The assessment and care of patients using the Perspectives of Psychiatry and Flourishing models,” The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) 2025 Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

5/22/25 Speaker, Integrated Curriculum for Anthroposophic Medicine (ICURAM) “Co-Creating Change with Students – Essentials of Transformation” international lecture series, “Permission to Wonder: Visual Thinking Strategies to support personal and professional flourishing,” Witten/Herdecke University (Universität Witten/Herdecke), Witten, Germany (virtual) 

• Association of European Medical Education
• Association for Academic Psychiatry

• From Survive to Thrive: Living Your Best Life with Mental Illness, Author
• Systematic Psychiatric Evaluation: A Step-by-Step Guide to Applying The Perspectives of Psychiatry, Author