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From 0 to 1.6M: What a Month It’s Been

We launched the Hippocratic Collective just 30 days ago and it’s already clear: the medical world was craving something like this.

Since May 1:

• We've grown to 5,000+ followers across Instagram and TikTok.

• Our content across our social channels has been viewed over 1.6 million times.

• And perhaps most meaningfully, we’ve heard from med students, residents, and seasoned attendings saying, “I finally feel seen.”

What started as a desire to give physicians a voice outside the white coat has quickly become a full-blown movement. One that’s equal parts creative, cathartic, and community-driven.

So What Is The Hippocratic Collective?

It’s a creative media company built by physicians, for physicians. We believe doctors deserve better. Better support. Better role models. Better tools to reclaim our time, creativity, and power. We're not here to tweak the system, we're here to transform it.

Our mission is simple. It’s to amplify physician voices, elevate creative stories in medicine, and reintroduce the human element so often stripped out by burnout, bureaucracy, and broken systems.

Whether it's through podcasts, creative writing, expression of art, in-person events, or some other outlet, we believe your creativity, humor, and lived experience matter and deserve a platform.

New Editorial Columns You’ll Want to Follow

Pathologizing Pop Culture

By Sacha McBain, PhD
A psychological deep-dive into the media moments we love (or love to hate). From celebrity news to binge-worthy TV, this column brings trauma-informed analysis into everyday culture, with nuance, clarity, and a sense of curiosity. Published every other Thursday.

Tale of the Month

By Tyler Beauchamp, MD
This narrative series captures the emotional, messy, and often beautiful parts of life in medicine. One part fiction, one part reflection, it's a reminder that sometimes the best medicine is storytelling. Published once per month

New Author Spotlight

Juliana Romano, MD

Juliana’s incredibly personal two-part series, I Hope This Helps, shares her journey through depression and recovery, offering a rare and courageous perspective on mental health in medicine. Her writing - honest, vulnerable, and deeply human - reminds us that behind every statistic is a story, and behind every physician is a person.

Explore Our Growing Podcast Network

Here’s what’s live and ready for your next commute, call-room break, or coffee run:

• The Four Humors - Paul Tran, MD

• We Are Human - Tommy Martin, MD + Tyler Beauchamp, MD

• Fem MD - Lauren Umstattd, MD

• Surgeons with Purpose - Mel Thacker, MD

• Beyond the Scope - Andy Nguyen, MD

• Surgeon, Interrupted - Frances Mei Hardin, MD

• The Other Human in the Room - Joan Chan, MD

• Other Side Med Unfiltered - Hannah Thompson, DO + Chris Herring (Coming July 2025)

We’re adding new shows soon, so be sure to follow us and stay in the loop.

Upcoming Event: Freeze Frame Book Release in Boston

We're hosting our first in-person event - a celebration of Freeze Frame, the debut novel from Tyler Beauchamp, MD.

Date: Saturday, June 14
Time: 2:00 PM ET
Location: Boston, MA

If you're a resident or attending in the Boston area and want to join us, reply to this email or message us on Instagram to receive event details.

Artist In Residence

We first want to thank everyone who has submitted an application for the upcoming Artist in Residence program. We have truly been blown away at the sheer amount and diversity of talented people that have stepped forward. The recipient of our grant and mentorship program will not be announced for another few weeks, but we have already started designing additional ways to feature as many of these incredible artists as possible through other means. Stay tuned, more information will be coming soon.

And if you have not applied yet, and are still interested, submissions will remain open on a rolling basis throughout the year. So please get in touch!

Want to Get Involved?

One of the most humbling parts of this launch has been the number of physicians reaching out asking, “How can I contribute?”

Here’s how:

• Submit your writing for consideration on our blog

• Pitch us a creative idea or original column

• Apply to be a guest on a podcast

• Follow us and share our content on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube 

We’re building this collective voice together and we’d love for you to be part of it.

Until next month,
Chris Herring & The HC Team

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