Donya Ahmadian

Donya Ahmadian is a second-year medical student at St. James School of Medicine and Co-Chair of the Medical Humanities Scholar program. With a deeply rooted passion for mental health, social justice, and health equity-Donya desires to transform Psychiatric care into a more humanistic, patient-centered, and sacred space within the field of medicine.

Donya holds a Master’s in Public Health and is currently completing her Licensed Professional Counseling degree. She aims to leverage this diverse educational background to better serve underrepresented and vulnerable populations. She firmly believes in the transformative power of empathetic witnessing and connection and her vision includes leading with these tenants in mind. She views these elements as fundamental towards the embodied practice of medicine and strives to support the continued creation of programming which promotes and encourages this approach.

As Co-Chair of the Medical Humanities Scholar program, Donya is committed towards enriching AMSA’s already extensive network and educational aims surrounding mental health care and awareness. She hopes to uplift us even further towards a more inclusive, collaborative, and empathy-led future in the practice and leadership of what medical education and care can and should truly encompass.