12th & Marshall, Fall 2025 issue
The twice-yearly magazine for alumni as well as faculty and friends of our medical school
One of four pieces of original art by VCU School of the Arts students on display in VCU Health’s newly opened Liver and Metabolic Outpatient Clinic. (Illustration by Elizabeth Michael)
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Fall 2025 feature stories
Meet the M.D. Class of 2029
The Class of 2029 has arrived on the MCV Campus, along with new house staff and the latest cohort of aspiring scientists.
Simulation training prepares medical students for real patients
The School of Medicine's Center for Human Simulation and Patient Safety teaches students to navigate uncomfortable, intimidating and impactful patient interactions that come with being a physician.
A window into pain
Following a bus accident as a teenager, Mexican artist Frida Kahlo dealt with lifelong chronic pain — a theme that was often symbolized in her expressive paintings. Thirty medical students paced the rooms of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts' Frida exhibition, studying photos of the artist and her self-portraits, searching for hints of Kahlo's experience.
Networks that heal
To translate discovery into care, Fadi N. Salloum, Ph.D., the School of Medicine's senior associate dean for research, champions systems thinking, team science and training the next generation.
Unlocking Potential: VCU's Campaign for the Future
Giving back as tri-chairs of the university's most ambitious campaign in history was an 'easy yes' for alumni couple Donna J. Perlin, M.D., and Jonathan B. Perlin, M.D., Ph.D. In this role, the alumni couple is helping shape the future of health care — here on the MCV Campus, in Virginia and around the world.
Through Your Eyes
Brad Nieder, M.D., who completed his residency training on the MCV Campus in 2002, is now billed as “The Healthy Humorist,” making about 40 funny presentations a year to appreciative audiences — primarily health care professionals — from Ontario to Las Vegas, from Texas to Florida.
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Fall 2025 expanded stories
