Relevant Press
NPR WVIA Radio Interview
with Erika Funke: 2025
NPR WVIA Radio Interview
with Erika Funke: 2023
PBS Keystone Edition Arts of Northeastern PA:
”A Prescription for Health and Creativity”
NPR WVIA Radio Interview
with Erika Funke: 2021
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OurAMA's mission of promoting the art and science of medicine
“@leanas_art truly embodies #OurAMA's mission of promoting the art and science of medicine. She shares how she intertwines her painting skills with what she learns and who she encounters on her neurology rotation.”
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Through the Lens of an Artist in Medicine
June 19, 2025
SoMeDocs: “Neurology resident Leana Pande, DO reflects on a lifelong passion for painting and how blending art with science deepens understanding, connection, and the meaning behind medicine.”
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Meet the artist: Leana Pande
“Pande is the first DO student or physician to win the prestigious award, a year-long residency during which residents are mentored by artists and work on projects meaningful to AMWA and women in medicine.”
World Neurosurgery (August 2024)
Awards &
Art on Display
2025 Boston American Medical Women’s Association Conference
2022-2023 Dr. Kathryn Ko American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) Artist in Residence Award
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (Middletown, NY)
Serratia marcescens on Charcoal Yeast Agar
Acrylic on Canvas
Shigella flexneri on
Hektoen Enteric Agar
Acrylic on Canvas
Array of Microbes
Acrylic on Canvas
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine Anatomy Lab (Middletown, NY)
Celiac Trunk & Friends
Mixed Media on Paper
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (Middletown, NY)
Brain, Heart, and Lungs Collaborative Art
Installation with the students in TouroCOM
2021 Art Exhibition at the Circle Centre for the Arts
Gold Vasculature Triptych
Mixed Media
X-Rays and Bones
Mixed Media
2020 SCRIP Journal Cover
Wilkes University Cohen Science Center
(Wilkes-Barre, PA)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Watercolor on Paper