OHSU History of 
Medicine Society
Lectures


Upcoming lectures:

Friday October 24, 2008

Michael J. Aminoff, M.D.
Professor of Neurology; Director, Parkinson's Disease Clinic & Research Center; and Executive Vice Chair, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco
Brown-Sequard: The Man and his Work

Friday November 21, 2008
Joseph B. McCormick, M.D.
Regional Dean and James Steele Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center
Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers: Yesterday and Tomorrow

Friday January 23, 2009
Kenneth R. Stevens, M.D.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Radiation Therapy, OHSU School of Medicine
History of Radiation Oncology in Oregon

Monday May 4, 2009
Tom R. DeMeester, M.D.
Jeffrey P. Smith Chair of the Dept. of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
[Title TBA]

All public lectures held in the OHSU Old Library Auditorium at 12:00 noon.

For further inquiries, contact: Sara Piasecki, 503-418-2287.

Previous Lectures, available on video

2008

May 5, 2008
John Cameron, M.D.
William Stewart Halsted
Streaming video of the lecture

February 1, 2008
Tom Hager
The Gorgon's Blood: a Greek Myth, a German Doctor, and the Rise of MRSA
Streaming video of the lecture

January 18, 2008
Madison Macht, M.D.
Large and noble lines: the life of Howard P. Lewis, M.D.
Streaming video of the lecture

2007

November 30, 2007
Brion Benninger, M.D.
Cranial nerves: chronological history and current controversies
Streaming video of the lecture

October 12, 2007
J. Bruce Beckwith, M.D.
"Impressions of Monstrosity: Perceptions of Malformation Through the Ages"
Streaming video of the lecture

May 18, 2007
Michael Bliss, PhD
"An American Epic: Harvey Cushing and the Founding of Neurosurgery"
Streaming video of the lecture

April 20, 2007
Kimberly Jensen, PhD
"Esther Clayson Pohl Lovejoy, M.D., University of Oregon Medical School Class of 1894: Oregon's Doctor to the World"
Streaming video of the lecture

January 8, 2007
J. Patrick O'Leary, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Surgery's Entry in to its Modern Era: Depicted by the Art of the Times
Streaming video of the lecture

2006

October 6, 2006
John M. Barry, M.D.
The Development of Kidney Transplantation at OHSU
Streaming video of the lecture

May 12, 2006
Michael Helquist
"KAJ Mackenzie, Marie Equi, and the Oregon Doctor Train: Portland's response to the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake"
Streaming video of the lecture

March 6, 2006
Joseph B. VanderVeer, Jr, M.D. FACS
"Lister and Osler: Two Great Men of Surgery and Medicine"
Streaming video of the lecture

January 20, 2006
Tom Debley, Director of Heritage Resources, Kaiser Permanente
'Think the Unthinkable, Dream the Impossible:' The Evolution of Prepaid Group Medical Practice in the Pacific Northwest
Streaming video of the lecture

2005

October 17, 2005
David Peck, D.O.
"The Lewis and Clark expedition: wilderness medicine in early America."
Streaming video of lecture (OHSU only)

April 29, 2005
Robert Hart, Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chief, Spine Section, Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine.
"Failed back syndrome in the life and career of JFK: The politics of low back pain"
Streaming video of lecture

2004

November 30, 2004
Erik K. Fromme, M.D., Assistant Professor of medicine and senior scholar at OHSU Center for Ethics in Health Care.
"The Frankenstein Syndrome: Monsters and Modern Medicine"

November 4, 2004
Susan E. Lederer, Ph.D.,Yale University School of Medicine, Section of the History of Medicine.
"Mary Shelley, Medical Science, and the Monster"

October 25, 2004
George F. Sheldon, M.D., Professor of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
"Professionalism: New and Old Concepts"

April 5, 2004
Carlos Camargo M. D.
"Art and Anatomy in the Italian Renaissance"

February 13, 2004
Guest lecturer, Richard Mullins M.D., Professor of Surgery and Chief, Trauma/Critical Care Section, OHSU
"A Tradition of National Service in Times of Crises"


2003

December 15, 2003
Julie M. Fenster, The Baffling Pace of Medical Discovery: Six Days in Six Lives that Accelerated History

October 24, 2003
Michael Bliss, Ph.D., From Osler to Insulin: The Coming of the Age of Miracles.

April 28, 2003
Peter E. Dans, M.D. Hollywood's View of Doctors: From the 1930s to the 1990s.


2002

September 23, 2002
Claude H. Organ, Jr., M.D. Charles Drew: An American Surgeon with Roman Virtues.

October 21, 2002
William Hersh, M.D., From Index Medicus to the World Wide Web: The Origins of Modern Clinical Information Tools.

May 6, 2002
Donald D. Trunkey, M.D., Wounds of the Lion.

March 11, 2002
Paul Kirk, M.D., Operative Obstetrics: From Caesar to the Vacuum.

January 28, 2002
Elizabeth Veenker, The Evolution of Medical Knowledge: Trials and Tribulations.


2001

November 26, 2001
Susan E. Lederer, Ph.D., Orphans and Doctors: Human Experimentation Before the Second World War.

October 15, 2001
Alan M. Kraut, Ph.D., Ethnic Pluralism and Public Health: An Historical Perspective.

May 14, 2001
Victor Sidel, M.D., The 20th Century Role of Health Professionals in the Prevention of War.

April 16, 2001
Ira M. Rutkow, M.D. Ph.D., An Illustrated Tour of 19th Century American Surgery.

March 14, 2001
Misty Payne, Charles Dotter: The Father of Interventional Radiology.

February 26, 2001
Carlos A. Camargo, M.D., The Medical Consequences of 1492.


2000

April 17, 2000
J. Henry Clarke, D.M.D., The Story of Anesthesia: From Laudanum to Lidocaine and Beyond.

March 3, 2000
Annette Matthews and Albert Starr, M.D., Development of the Starr-Edwards Heart Valve.


1999

November 5, 1999
Donald D. Trunkey, M.D., Assassination.



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