Lecture Series
Upcoming lectures
April 2, 2012
Mark Malangoni, M.D.
American Board of Surgery
Topic TBA
Date TBA
Brion Benninger, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Integrative Biosciences, Oregon Health & Science University
on Gray's Anatomy
All public lectures begin at 12:15. Light refreshments served at noon.
For further inquiries, contact:
Maija Anderson 503-418-2287
Previous Lectures
2012
February 3, 2012
Thea Cooper
Author of Breakthrough: Elizabeth Hughes, the Discovery of Insulin, and the Making of a Medical Miracle
Miracle on Bloor Street: The Unlikely Story of the Discovery of Insulin
2011
October 7, 2011
Dr. Simon Chaplin
Head, Wellcome Library
Doctors and the Death of History
Streaming video of the lecture
February 25, 2011
Richard Mullins, M.D.
Head, Trauma/Critical Care Section, OHSU Department of Surgery
Forward Surgery and Whole Blood Transfusion Saving Wounded Soldiers in World War II
Streaming video of the lecture
2010
December 3, 2010
Dick Stueve, RT
National leader in cardiovascular image quality and x-ray dose issues
Charles T. Dotter, MD - Not so "Crazy Charlie"
Streaming video of the lecture
November 15, 2010
LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr. M.D.
Charles R. Drew Professor of Surgery, Howard University College of Medicine
Charles R. Drew, MD, FACS: Surgical Paragon
Streaming video of the lecture
October 1, 2010
Thomas Hager, M.S.
Prolific author, journalist, editor and publisher
Genius or Crackpot? The Medical Odyssey of Linus Pauling
Streaming Video of the lecture
May 17, 2010
Roger E. Alberty, M.D.
Director: National Surgery Quality Improvement Program, Providence/St. Vincent Medical Center
Blue Blood and Blue Babies: The Story of Helen Taussig
Streaming video of the lecture
Friday March 12, 2010
Philip A. Mackowiak, M.D., M.B.A.
Vice Chairman, Dept. of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Chief of the Medical Care Clinical Center, VA Maryland Health Care System
Pericles and the Plague of Athens
Streaming video of the lecture
2009
September 25, 2009
Brian J. Morrison, M.D., FAAC
Cardiology Consultants, Pc.
Maladie Bleue: Major contributions in the History of Congenital Heart Disease
Streaming video of the lecture
- May 4, 2009
Tom R. DeMeester, M.D.
Professor and Chairman Emeritus, Dept. of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
The History of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Streaming video of the lecture
Friday January 23, 2009
- Kenneth R. Stevens, M.D.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Radiation Medicine, OHSU School of Medicine
Radiation Oncology in Oregon: Pioneers & Pioneering
Streaming video of the lecture
2008
- 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
Streaming video of the lecture
October 24, 2008- Michael J. Aminoff, M.D.
Brown-Sequard: The Man and his Work
Streaming video of the lecture
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.
