Writer, editor and Assoc. Professor of Bioethics & Humanities at SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY

In this engaging conversation, Neilen talks about her writing and the challenges and rewards of teaching medical students creative writing. She also discusses the history and mission of SUNY Upstate’s highly regarded annual literary and arts journal “The Healing Muse,” for which she is Editor. Reads from her own work as well as poems from “Muse” founding editor, B.A. St. Andrews.