OHSU

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.