Evangeline Andarsio, MD, is clinical associate professor at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine (WSU-BSOM), director of the Remen Institute for the Study of Health and Illness, and director of the National Healer’s Art Program. She graduated from WSU-BOSM and is certified by the Institute for Spiritual Leadership in Chicago. She recently retired from her medical practice of Ob-Gyn after 25 years. Dr. Andarsio has held many leadership positions, including chair of the WSU-BSOM Academy of Medicine, and is the current president of the Ohio State Medical Association.  

Dr. Andarsio has a deep passion to assist healthcare professionals to reclaim their key role as healers. She has dedicated time throughout her career to developing spiritual connections in the medical profession and in the clinician-patient relationship. Dr. Andarsio initiated educational programming in this area of study at WSU-BSOM, including an annual Medicine-Spirituality Conference and physician workshops. Over a thousand physicians, nurses, residents, medical students, social workers, counselors, chaplains and other healthcare professionals, have attended the Medicine-Spirituality Conferences.  

She trained with Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, the founder of the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness based in California. Dr. Andarsio and Dr. Remen have co-presented in workshops at national conferences, such as the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Gold Humanism Honor Society National Conference. The reach of the institute’s programs is tremendous — the National Healer’s Art Course is annually taught in over 70 American medical schools and seven countries abroad.  More than 22,000 medical students have completed the Healer’s Art Course. 

Dr. Andarsio humbly accepted Dr. Remen’s invitation to become the co-director of the National Healer’s Art Course in 2015. The Remen Institute for the Study of Health and Illness (RISHI) was transferred to WSU-BSOM in October 2015 and is now led by Dr. Andarsio.