Geoffrey Dunn, MD literally wrote the book on surgical palliative care. Several of them, actually. But his career wasn't all sunshine and rainbows. In fact, he bore witness to a lot of human suffering. He used painting to help him process what he saw and in the process birthed the field of surgical palliative care. 

For more information on Dr. Dunn's art, check out www.geoffrypdunn.com

You can find the piece of work we discussed in the pod here

If you are interested in surgical palliative care, check out https://www.facs.org/~/media/files/education/palliativecare/surgicalpalliativecareresidents.ashx and https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25813414