YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH JEWS AND MEDICINE IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MAIMONIDES THE JEWISH DOCTOR AS HEALER, SCIENTIST AND INTELLECTUAL
Date: November 6, 2005 Program: 8:45am - 9:15am Registration 9:15am - 6:00pm Conference Venue: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research at the Center for Jewish History 15 West 16 Street - NYC Between Fifth & Sixth Avenues A historic and ground-breaking national conference exploring the history of Jews in medicine and the roles and esponsibilities of Jews in the medical field C O N F E R E N C E S P E A K E R S SHERWIN NULAND, M.D., F.A.C.S. Conference Convenor Yale School of Medicine, National Book Award, How We Die SIDNEY ALTMAN, PH.D. Yale University, Nobel Prize in Chemistry BARBARA E. BIERER, M.D. Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital EZEKIEL J. EMANUEL, M.D., PH.D. National Institutes of Health JEROME GROOPMAN, M.D. Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, regular contributor to the New Yorker JONATHAN DAVID LEAR, PH.D. University of Chicago ANDREW R. MARKS, M.D. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University REGINA MORANTZ-SANCHEZ, PH.D. University of Michigan MARTIN PERETZ Chair, YIVO Board of Overseers, Editor-in-Chief, The New Republic A CONFERENCE FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH PROFESSIONAL AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC For more information, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 917.606.8285 A program of the YIVO Board of Overseers Stimulating discussions on subjects concerning Jewish life, social thought and letters Conference Schedule and Program Registration: 8:45 am - 9:15 Opening Remarks 9:15 am - 9:20 am Eric R. Kandel, M.D. will open the conference. Dr. Kandel, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2000, is a University Professor, the Fred Kavli Professor and Director, Kavli Institute for Brain Sciences , Senior Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Center for Neurobiology and Behavior of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Sherwin Nuland, M.D., F.A.C.S., The Tradition of the Jewish Doctor: Its Origin and Continuity. 9:20 am - 10 am Morning Break 10 am - 10:15 am Sidney Altman, Ph.D., Jews as Scientists 10:15 am - noon Jerome E. Groopman, M.D., The Jewish Healer: Clinical Physician and Teacher. 10:15 am - noon Lunch Break noon - 1 pm Barbara Bierer, M.D., A Jewish Woman in Medicine: A Personal Account. 1pm - 2:45 pm Regina Morantz-Sanchez, Ph.D., What's Gender Got to Do With It? Placing Jewish Women in the History of Medicine. 1 pm - 2:45 Ezekiel Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., Medical Ethics From a Jewish Perspective. 3 pm - 4:45 pm Jonathan David Lear, Ph.D., The Jewish Relationship to Psychoanalysis. 3 pm - 4:45 pm Andrew Marks, M.D., Counteracting the Boycott of Israeli Academics: Preserving Academic Freedom. 4:45 pm - 5:55 pm Pre-registration is required $75 general registration fee $15 students (includes interns and residents) *Lunch included This event does not have reserved seating FOR TICKETS CONTACT THE BOX OFFICE PHONE: 917.606.8200 EXT 7 Mastercard/Visa/American Express/Discover Cards Accepted Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
