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 2025 apenndx team includes the following students:

Editors in Chief
  • Ian Ong
  • Jingyi Zhang
  • Tanya Kurnootala

Creative Directors

  • Pamela Beniwal
  • Robert Subtirelu

Editors

  • Heta Patel
  • Aidan Crowley
  • Haleigh Pine
  • Gavin Turner
  • Jamal Magoti
  • Shruthi Nyshadham
  • Natalie Brown
  • Helen Zhou
  • Emily Pan
  • Philip Lee
  • Joyce Jiang
  • Jennifer Guo
  • Helen Song
  • Thomas Truong
  • Alex Nisbet

Illustrators

  • Andrew Lin
  • Phoebe Cunningham
  • Jennifer Guo
  • Kass Zhang
  • Mimi Kim
  • Santiago Lopez

Photographer

  • Al Mao
  • Robert Subtirelu

Publisher

  • Emily Sheng

Graphic Designer

  • Angela Sun

Publicist

  • Kass Zhang

Webmaster

  • Shruthi Nyshadham
  • Sharon Lee