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SearchDrs. Francois Bethoux and T. Colin Killeen will start the two-year fellowship program on July 1.
Francois Bethoux, MD, and T. Colin Killeen, DO, MPH, have been selected for the 2025-2027 John P. Murphy Fellowship in Medical Humanities. Dr. Bethoux serves as the Chairman of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Director of Rehabilitation Services at the Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis Treatment and Research. Dr. Killeen practices internal medicine at the Langston Hughes Community Health & Education Center.
The two-year program, a collaboration between the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University and the John P. Murphy Foundation, helps Cleveland Clinic professional staff develop expertise in the humanities in medical education. Fellows conduct research in medical humanities, work with CCLCM curriculum leaders to further develop the school’s humanities curriculum and serve on the planning committee for the annual John P. Murphy Symposium in Medical Humanities.
“We are deeply grateful to the John P. Murphy Foundation for their generous support of these fellowships,” says Katherine Burke, MFA, Director of the Program in Medical Humanities at CCLCM. “As practicing physicians, Drs. Bethoux and Killeen are uniquely positioned to bring the insights of medical humanities into clinical spaces, enriching the experiences of caregivers, patients and families.”
Drs. Bethoux and Killeen look forward to the personal and professional development they will gain from their fellowships.
“I applied for the John P. Murphy Fellowship because the medical humanities are vital to being a well-rounded clinician, researcher and educator,” Dr. Bethoux says. “Healthcare needs the medical humanities to keep its soul alive.”
“As a doctor, I witness so many stories that impact patients’ lives,” notes Dr. Killeen. “These stories shape me as a person and a clinician. I’m excited to learn how to better tell them.”
