Tuesday, January 20, 2009
CF Reynolds Medical History Society Lecture Series
“The 200th Anniversary of Abdominal Laparotomy: The Ephraim McDowell Story”
John Raves, MD
Senior Attending General Surgeon, Laparoscopist, and Laparotomist
Allegheny General Hospital
6:00 p.m.
Lecture Room #5, Scaife Hall
February 5, 2009
Bioethics and Health Law Grand Rounds
“Access to Unapproved Therapies: The Leading Edge of Law and Medicine”
Peter Jacobson, JD, MPH
Professor of Health Law and Policy
Director, Center for Law, Ethics and Health
University of Michigan School of Public Health
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Room 113 – School of Law
Friday, February 20, 2009
Medicine Grand Rounds
Visiting Professor Daniel P. Sulmasy, OFM, MD, PhD
“Evaluating Demands for Life-Prolonging Treatment Based Upon Religious Beliefs”
11:00-12:00
Montefiore University Hospital – Auditorium – 7 Main
Thursday, February 26, 2009
CF Reynolds Medical History Society Lecture Series
“Foundations of Palliative Care: William Osler’s Study of the Act of Dying”
Paul Mueller, Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
6:00 p.m.
Lecture Room #5 Scaife Hall
Thursday, April 2, 2009
CF Reynolds Medical History Society Lecture Series
Twentieth First Annual Mark M. Ravitch History of Medicine Lecture
“Renal Transplantation: Historical Perspectives”
Arnold G. Diethelm, MD
Professor Emeritus, Former Chair, Department of Surgery
University of Alabama School of Medicine
6:00 p.m.
Lecture Room #5, Scaife Hall
Monday, April 6, 2009
18TH ANNUAL MEDICAL ETHICS UPDATE 2009 CONFERENCE
26TH ANNUAL MESSER LECTURE
Day-long Conference
Scaife Hall Auditorium #5
CLICK HERE FOR REGISTRATION:
https://ccehs.upmc.edu/regSessionEvent.jsp?courseNumber=2033
Obesity: Ethical Issues in Prevention, Treatment, and Research
Daniel Callahan, PhD
Co-founder, The Hastings Center
Senior Lecturer, Harvard Medical School
Senior Fellow, Yale University
TV May Cause Obesity: but the Evidence is Thin
Richard Scheines, PhD
Professor of Philosophy
Carnegie Mellon University
Using Ideas from Behavioral Economics to Promote Weight Loss
George Loewenstein, PhD
Professor Economics and Psychology
Carnegie Mellon University
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Ground Floor – McCluskey Auditorium
“A Short History of Clinical Medical Ethics Ending in My Being Banned in Canada”
William Meadow, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Section Chief, Department of Pediatrics
University of Chicago Medical Center – Comer Children’s Hospital
8:00 a.m.
Children’s Hospital
