Claire Unis

Claire Unis MD MFA is a board-certified practicing pediatrician who took time off during medical school to write about drawing on diverse experiences in the process of becoming a doctor. Claire brings her love of writing, as well as her understanding of every individual's need for personal expression, to her work as a communication coach and teacher of fellow clinicians in her medical group. Passionate as she is about the written and spoken word, she enjoys sharing literary enrichment as a means to combat burnout. Currently, Claire facilitates writing workshops and discussions of literature through her moniker, LifeLines: Literary Art in Medicine. Her creative nonfiction has been published in a number of journals including Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine, Awakenings Review, and East Iowa Review. In her time off, Claire can usually be found riding her mountain bike, hiking nearby trails, skiing, or riding her horse.