Front Row Seats to Humanity: Awe and the Practice of Medicine with Dr. Erica Miller & Dr. Emily Salib | FIM Podcast #41

Front Row Seats to Humanity: Awe and the Practice of Medicine with Dr. Erica Miller & Dr. Emily Salib | FIM Podcast #41

June 17, 2026 · 45 min · Episode 41

About this episode

Dr. Erica Miller and Dr. Emily Salib discuss the role of awe in medicine and its potential to enhance clinician well-being.

Today, we are joined by Dr. Erica Miller and Dr. Emily Salib, educators and physicians from the University of Rochester. Dr. Erica Miller, MD, is a cardiologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Rochester. She serves as Program Director of the Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program. Dr. Emily Salib, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at UR and a Med-Peds hospitalist who holds multiple faculty development and residency leadership roles. In this rich and deeply human conversation, Drs. Miller and Salib join Mick Krasner to explore awe in medicine and how wonder, moral beauty, connection, and transcendence can sustain clinicians amid the pressures of modern healthcare. We also cover: What awe is and Dacher Keltner's research How modern medicine may unintentionally train awe out of trainees and clinicians How to notice and cultivate awe in daily practice New research linking awe and sacred moments to lower rates of burnout Learn from these two physician-educators about how awe might be a powerful, accessible, and overlooked resource for sustaining meaning and well-being in medicine. Dr. Erica Miller LinkedIn…

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