Sara Skoog started college as pre-med, switched her major to English and has spent 20+ years writing about medical education and health care. Hobbies include baking, crosswords and not watching sports.
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The Art of Medicine
Illustration by Andrew LeScience & Technology
There’s more to med school than just medicine. Chicago Medical School students show off their creativity in Synapses, an annual journal of artwork, poetry and fiction, which marks its 10th anniversary in 2026.
Andrew Le, CMS ’29, describes his piece of digital art,“Neighborhood of Neurotics,” from the 2026 edition as “a fun and silly, isometric artwork depicting how my brain understands itself and its own function. What cells do what? How do neurons communicate? How does it all work together? Seeing all the gears, nuts and bolts of the brain as living, breathing people really cements the intricacy, minutiae and detail of the brain.”
Read the full issue of Synapses.
Published October 2, 2026
