Gene Beyt, MD, MS
Gene is an educator and photographer. He has over 45 years of experience as university faculty, a physician executive, coach, consultant, author, and visual artist. He became interested in photography as a child and he advanced his art while in medical school. He is a student of art-based discovery and healing after experiences of trauma.
Gene Beyt is a senior physician and a professor at Tulane University, where he teaches human-centered design and patient-centered innovation. He puts human needs and wellbeing at the center of all that we do. Over the last 50 years, Gene has been a fine art photographer. His photographs have been paired with poetry in the tradition of physician-author Walker Percy and published in the book The Quotidian. His current work makes use of the camera as an instrument of discovery, with a focus on forms and shapes held in relationships revealed by the light. Gene is also co-host of Artist Telling Stories Podcasts and Anatomy of a Photo Podcasts, both produced by Studio Aesculapius, which offer artists’ stories of the transformative power of art—as the language of humanity, art tells stories of empathy, inspiration, hope, beauty, and healing even as we acknowledge the hurt and despair that afflicts us all.
Interests
Reflections on trauma and the role of photography in the healing journey. I am interested in the many forms of trauma, how the brain and the body respond to trauma, and stories of photography as part of a healing journey.
