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Forthcoming Events 2007-2008 The Medical Humanities at UCSF, through the coordinated efforts of a steering committee and regular meetings of a campus-wide Medical Humanities "working group", organize a series of public events throughout the year which bring humanists and health professionals into dialogue about a wide range of issues and ideas. We sponsor a Medical Humanities Grand Rounds for which CME credit is normally offered, public speaking engagements by prominent authors and artists, a history of medicine lecture series, exhibits and workshops in creative writing, among other occasional campus events. What follows is a calendar of events. Additional information on a number of these events can be found by following the "Related Links" on the left navigation bar. An archive of past events is also available. Occasional announcements about forthcoming events can be received by subscribing to the listserv by following the instructions here (name of listserv is 'medhumanities'). Calendar at a glance:
More information on events: February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 Medical Humanities Perspectives in Environmental Health: Chemical Toxicity and the Body: Moral and Regulatory Issues Medical Humanities Perspectives in Health Disparities: Health Disparities and Relational Violence: Perspectives from Ethnic Studies, Psychology, and Comparative Epidemiology May 2008 Chauncey Leake Lecture in the History of Medicine: Making the Case for Genetic Screening: Doing Bioethics with Historian's Tools
January 2008 January 22, 2008: 5:00 PM - Parnassus - Toland Hall Program: A “performative reading” which focuses on the core issues of "agency" (as in the freedom to decide one's fate) and how 2 phenomena - poverty (as a sociocultural issue) and slavery (as a sociohistorical issue) - affect agency and come together in a discussion of end-of-life decision-making. This will be followed by a panel discussion by UCSF faculty known for their work in death and dying and racial disparities. Speaker: LaVera Crawley, MD, MPH. Stanford physician and researcher known for her work in health disparities at the end of life, race, ethnicity and trust in healthcare, medical humanities and narrative inquiry as methodological approaches to bioethics, research, and medical care. Commentators:Sharon Kaufman, Ph.D., Dept. of Anthropology, History & Social Medicine, UCSF; Sandra Moody-Ayers, MD, Division of Geriatrics, Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations (MERC), UCSF, John Tercier, MD, PhD, Hahnemann Professor in the History of Medicine; Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD PhD, Department of Medicine, UCSF. Contact organizer: Louise Aronson, MD, MFA (Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine)
SFGH Internal Medicine Grand Rounds Speaker: John Tercier, MD, PhD, Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine, UCSF
Mount Zion Hospital Lunchtime Lecture: January 24, 2008: 12 Noon - 1 PM Speaker: Elizabeth Watkins, PhD, Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine RSVP - Contact: Bertina Lee (415) 885-3658 or bertina.lee@ucsfmedctr.org
February 2008 February 4 - Parnassus - Room S-180 - 12:00 - 1:30 PM Speaker: Andrea Tone, Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Social History of Medicine (McGill University) Commentator: Samuel Barondes, MD (UCSF) Contact organizer: Elizabeth Watkins, PhD, Division of History of Health Sciences (Department of Anthropology, History & Social Medicine)
March 2008 UCSF Book of the Month Literary Lunch: March 10 - Parnassus (Cole Hall) - 12 Noon - 1:30 PM Speaker: Bill Hayes, author: The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's Anatomy (link to Amazon.com) Contact: Louise Aronson, MD, MFA The classic medical text known as Gray’s Anatomy is one of the most famous books ever written. Now, on the 150th anniversary of its publication, acclaimed science writer and master of narrative nonfiction Bill Hayes has written the fascinating, never-before-told true story of how this seminal volume came to be. A blend of history, science, culture, and Hayes’s own personal experiences, The Anatomist is this author’s most accomplished and affecting work to date. With passion and wit, Hayes explores the significance of Gray’s Anatomy and explains why it came to symbolize a turning point in medical history. But he does much, much more. Uncovering a treasure trove of forgotten letters and diaries, he illuminates the astonishing relationship between the fiercely gifted young anatomist Henry Gray and his younger collaborator H.V. Carter, whose exquisite anatomical illustrations are masterpieces of art and close observation. Tracing the triumphs and tragedies of these two extraordinary men, Hayes brings an equally extraordinary era—the mid-1800s—unforgettably to life. But the journey Hayes takes us on is not only outward but inward—through the blood and tissue and organs of the human body—for The Anatomist chronicles Hayes’s year as a student of classical gross anatomy, performing with his own hands the dissections and examinations detailed by Henry Gray 150 years ago. As Hayes’s acquaintance with death deepens, he finds his understanding and appreciation of life deepening in unexpected and profoundly moving ways. Medical Humanities
Perspectives on Health Disparities Speaker: Yvette Flores-Ortiz, Ph.D., Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Davis Respondent: Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, Ph.D., is Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine and Director UCD Center for Reducing Health Disparities, University of California, Davis Commentary: Howard Pinderhughes, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco Contact organizer: Dr. Brian Dolan, PhD, Division of Social Medicine (Department of Anthropology, History & Social Medicine)
April 2008 UCSF Book of the Month Literary Lunch: David Shields, The Thing About Life is One Day You'll Be Dead April 7 - Parnassus http://www.davidshields.com/forthcoming.html Mesmerized…at times unnerved…by his ninety-seven-year-old father's nearly superhuman vitality and optimism, David Shields undertakes an investigation of the human physical condition. The result is this exhilarating book: both a personal meditation on mortality and an exploration of flesh-and-blood existence from crib to oblivion…an exploration that paradoxically prompts a renewed and profound appreciation of life. Shields begins with the facts of birth and childhood, expertly weaving in anecdotal information about himself and his father. As the book proceeds through adolescence, middle age, old age, he juxtaposes biological details with bits of philosophical speculation, cultural history and criticism, and quotations from a wide range of writers and thinkers…from Lucretius to Woody Allen…yielding a magical whole: the universal story of our bodily being, a tender and often hilarious portrait of one family. A book of extraordinary depth and resonance, The Thing About Life will move readers to contemplate the brevity and radiance of their own sojourn on earth and challenge them to rearrange their thinking in unexpected and crucial ways. Contact: Louise Aronson, MD, MFA Medical Humanities
Perspectives on Environmental Health Date and Time TBA Speaker: Carl Cranor, Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of California, Riverside Commentator: David Winickoff, Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Society, University of California, Berkeley; Paul Blanc, MD, Endowed Chair in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, UCSF Contact organizer: Dr. Brian Dolan, PhD, Division of Social Medicine (Department of Anthropology, History & Social Medicine)
May 2008 Note: This is a student-only event but Ms. Fadiman will give Medical Humanities Grand Rounds at 5PM the same day at SFGH (below). http://www.spiritcatchesyou.com/authorbio.htm Fadiman's first book, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (1997), chronicles the trials of an epileptic Hmong child and her family living in Merced, California. Fadiman's sensitive, incisive treatment of the gulf between the Hmong and American medical systems won her a 1997 National Book Critics Circle Award. Her talk deals with the cross cultural challenge she faced and she discusses the lessons she learned from its central case on how American health care providers can provide more sensitive and effective care for patients from other cultures.
May 7 - San Francisco General Hospital Speaker: Anne Fadiman Contact organizer: This event is being made posible through the efforts of a number of individuals and with the financial assistance of a number of departments and divisions. More information will be posted as soon as it is available. For updates on this please contact Dr. Louise Aronson. Chauncey Leake Public Lecture in the History of Medicine May 8 - Parnassus - Golden Gate Room - Millberry Union Speaker: Ruth Schwartz Cohen, PhD, Chair, History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania Contact organizer: Elizabeth Watkins, PhD, Division of History of Health Sciences (Department of Anthropology, History & Social Medicine)
Contact the UCSF Medical Humanities Steering Committee for more information about our activities or to become involved:
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