About Us

apenndx was founded in 2019 by a diverse group of first year medical students from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Encompassing both the humanities and sciences, apenndx offers an outlet for students, faculty, and healthcare professionals to share prose, poetry, art, photography, and other media. We hope that our magazine provides a holistic view into our medical community and some of the lessons learned from within it.

apenndx is student run and independent of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

The 2026 apenndx team includes the following students:

Editors in Chief
  • David Odekunle
  • Millie Huang
  • Raquel Cohen

Creative Directors

  • Caroline O’Rourke
  • Nana Ama Ossei-Wusu
  • Sayalee Patankar

Illustrators

  • Adina Singer
  • Shanthi Deivanayagam

Photographer

  • Haya Alkiswani

Publisher

  • Emily Sheng

Webmaster

  • Micaela Alpert

Editors

  • Aidan Crowley
  • Ashlynn Cobb
  • Emily Sheng
  • Gavin Turner
  • Haya Alkiswani
  • Helen Song
  • Isha Thapar
  • Jingyi Zhang
  • Kevin Bryan
  • Micaela Alpert
  • Nana Ama Ossei-Wusu
  • Natalie Brown
  • Philip Lee
  • Tanya Kurnootala
  • Tova Tachau