SAVANNAH MOHACSI

Savannah Mohacsi is a medical student at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. Inspired by Netter’s enduring legacy as both a physician and medical illustrator, she sees medicine not only as a science but as an art form. Her work bridges these worlds, using creative expression to foster empathy, amplify patient voices, and reimagine how we care for the body and spirit.

Savannah earned her B.A. in Human Biology with a minor in Art Practice from Stanford University ('20), graduating with Honors in the Arts and receiving the Robert M. Golden Medal for Excellence in Humanities and Creative Arts.

Before medical school, she took multiple gap years to gain diverse experiences across healthcare and the arts. She served as a COVID Compliance Supervisor on television productions in Los Angeles, ensuring health and safety on set. As a licensed Emergency Medical Technician, Savannah worked both on the ambulance and in the emergency department, caring for medical, trauma, and psychiatric patients.

She served as the Director of Visual Arts as Medicine at Keck Medicine of USC’s Institute for Arts in Medicine(I_AM), where she led I_AM Painting Health—a body painting program for cancer patients that blended medical imagery with personal narratives. She also managed The Creative Corner, an art studio for patients, caregivers, and medical staff to drop in and participate in free therapeutic art activities. Her work at USC aimed to reduce fear and anxiety during cancer treatment, empower patients to reclaim their bodies, and transform the way the arts intersect with healthcare.

Savannah strives to advance both clinical and creative innovation, with the long-term goal of combining clinical practice with arts-based interventions to enhance patient care, education, and healing.