AMWA Dance, Theater, and Medicine Panel

Niraj Mehta, MD is a radiation oncologist from Miami, professional choreographer, and creative director of Making Moves Universal, LLC. Making Moves Universal (MMU) is an international program/movement that has the goal of combining mindful movement and music to improve the lives of individuals with chronic illness.

Anita Vasan, MD is a renown classical Bharatanatyam dance performer in theater and practicing palliative care physician and department lead in the Chicagoland area.

Belinda Fu, MD is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Washington and is the founder of the Mayutica Institute for Communication in Medicine. She co-organized the first and second Annual International Medical Improv Train-the-Trainer Workshops and created improvdoc.org, an educational resource about improvisation in medicine.