Dr. Shivani's SAMA
Showcase of the Arts in
Medicine and Academia
at HoU Summit
Dr. Shivani's SAMA
Showcase of the Arts in
Medicine and Academia
at HoU Summit
Dr. Shivani Bhatt's Showcase of the Arts in Medicine and Academia (SAMA) at HoU Summit 2025 is a collaborative initiative between Humans of USMLE (HoU) and Dr. Shivani Bhatt Charitable Foundation.
Dr. Shivani’s SAMA aims to cherish and honor Dr. Shivani’s artistic time ("sama") by fostering creative expression through the arts and humanities in the medicine and academia.
This arts and humanities showcase is open to medical students and doctors-in-training. The artwork will be selected for the showcase by a peer review committee and then judged by a panel of judges. Certificates will be provided to presenters and winners.
Dr. Shivani's original artworks will be on display, and replicas will be presented as momentos to winners for their contributions to the arts and humanities in medicine and academia.
Instructions for Submission
Submissions are for "Ahmedabad, GJ only" and may include:
Narrative/written pieces (e.g., poetry, short stories, etc.) or
Original artwork (e.g., painting, photography, drawings, digital graphics, etc.).
Submission deadline is Sat., 26 April, 2025 at 5:000 PM IST.
About Dr. Shivani Bhatt
Dr. Shivani Bhatt, MBBS
Dr. Shivani Bhatt was the proud daughter of Dr. Hemant Bhatt & Mrs. Bindiya Bhatt. She was a brilliant doctor who completed her MBBS from V.S. Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, and cleared her USMLE Step Exams. As an international medical graduate (IMG), she was preparing for Masters and medical residency in the United States with great dreams and aspirations to achieve and do her best. On 31st October 2019, after a pre interview dinner in Youngstown, Ohio, she was met with an accident and left for her heavenly abode leaving many in grief and shock.
She had a very pious and empathetic heart. She always dreamt of a fully literate and healthy India. She wanted to serve her community after the completion of her medical training.
Her Creativity
She was a keen painter and artist from childhood. Her eye for colour and insight into the intricacies of form and shape were razor-sharp from the time she took up the pencil. She has brought into her art a sense of how she perceived the world and it’s nuances. The bold strokes and beautiful colours personify how she viewed and approached life. These are just a few from a large repertoire of paintings, sketches and collages that she created during her short but illustrious and impactful existence.
She was good at all forms of paintings like oil painting, making murals, calligraphy, and pencil sketches. She had dreamt to hold their exhibition too. Some of her original artworks will be on display.
Artwork by
Dr. Shivani Bhatt