Music, Medicine & MedChi

This year’s Thomas E. Hunt, Jr., M.D. History of Maryland Medicine Lecture features Dr. Sarah Hoover, the Associate Dean for Innovation in the Arts and Health at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. 

The lecture, “Music, Medicine, and MedChi” will explore MedChi’s Performing Arts Medicine Committee’s contributions to the development of performing arts medicine in the Baltimore region. The Performing Arts Committee was a MedChi Committee for more than 20 years and held annual conferences for physicians and performers. 

Since her arrival at Peabody, Dr. Sarah Hoover has advocated for the health of Peabody’s musicians and dancers by developing programs to both prevent injury and optimize performance. She facilitated the creation of the Peabody Clinic for Performing Artists and has supported the start-up of a research lab in performing science. 

Dr. Hoover’s research in the field of arts in health has led to the development of bedside and lobby music programs at Johns Hopkins Hospital, as well as creative aging residencies and sensory-friendly concerts. 

She has launched Peabody Prescribe, a community arts entity within the Preparatory offering arts experiences to support health and well-being developed in collaboration with researchers and clinicians from Johns Hopkins Medicine.