Dalai Lama Fellows
Aproteem Choudhury
Leadership Vision
I lead as a culture-shifter in healthcare—designing experiences that build emotional regulation, ethical clarity, and compassionate communication at scale. My approach integrates contemplative practice with rigorous evaluation and practical implementation, so compassion becomes a capability—not a slogan. I prioritize partnership, humility, and iterative learning, especially across difference and power. I aspire to lead in ways that make care more human for patients, families, and the workforce alike.
Project Description
My Compassion in Action project, Compassion as Curriculum, is a multi-pronged collaboration with UC San Diego’s T. Denny Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion and the REIMAGINE Center for Research, Education, Innovation, and Transformation in Organ Donation to embed contemplative compassion training into healthcare education and practice. Through programs such as Compassionatomy, Sanford Scholars, CAMP, and compassion leadership workshops, we equip learners and leaders with emotional regulation, ethical clarity, and relational presence in high-stakes settings. In parallel, we are piloting a compassion cultivation intervention for organ donation professionals that supports well-being and improves donor-family experience through measurable physiologic and relational outcomes. The goal is to develop an evidence-based, scalable model that rehumanizes healthcare culture and strengthens systems of care from the inside out.