Leana Pande is a self-taught artist in watercolor, acrylic paint, gouache, pen, and other media. She is an incoming neurology resident and currently a fourth-year medical student at the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. She graduated from Wilkes University in three years with a double major in Neuroscience and Psychology. She received the 2022-2023 Artist in Residence Award from the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA). She is the student co-chair of the AMWA Studio Art Committee, and soon to be resident co-chair of the committee. Her work has previously been published by the American Medical Student’s Association, the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, and the Student Osteopathic Medical Association. She had a solo exhibition in Northeastern Pennsylvania in 2021 in the Wyoming Valley Art League Circle Centre for the Arts. She has also previously taught watercolor in the Everhart Museum in Scranton, PA. Her work has been archived by the Drexel University Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections and she has been regularly interviewed by WVIA NPR.

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