Creativity Brings Happiness

Guest Bio: Carrie Barron, MD & Alton Barron, MD

Carrie Barron, MD, is the Director of the Creativity for Resilience Program at Dell Medical School in Austin, Texas, a Faculty Affiliate at the Center for Health Communication and a board-certified psychiatrist/psychoanalyst. A graduate of Princeton University, she served on the faculty of the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and maintained a private practice in New York City for almost two decades. In addition to the book The Creativity Cure, written with her hand surgeon husband, Dr. Alton Barron, Carrie has published in peer-reviewed journals, won academic awards and given keynotes, workshops and interviews across the country, and maintains a blog on Psychology Today.

Alton Barron, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic shoulder, elbow and hand surgeon specializing in complex upper limb problems including severe arthritis requiring shoulder and elbow arthroplasty, nonunions and malunions of fractures, severe nerve injuries requiring microsurgery and tendon transfers, contact sports and throwing injuries, and more. A fourth-generation Texas-native, he is excited to have recently joined local orthopedic practice ATX Orthopedics and Pinnacle Surgery Center, has and become one of Austin’s only orthopedic surgeons fellowship trained in both shoulder/elbow and hand surgery. He is the founder of the Musician Treatment Foundation, a nonprofit that aims to provide medical and surgical care for the shoulders, elbows, and hands of under- and uninsured musical professionals, and co-author of The Creativity Cure.