Jean-Laurent Casanova, MD, PhD, Professor and Head, St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, the Rockefeller University; HHMI Investigator; and Senior Attending Physician, the Rockefeller University Hospital, will present the first Heberden Society Lecture of the 2015-16 academic year on Wednesday, September 9, at The New York Academy of Medicine. The lecture is co-sponsored by NYAM'S Center for the History of Medicine and Public Health and is open to the public.

The Human Genetic Theory of Infectious Diseases: A Brief History

W. Bruce Fye, MD, MA, Emeritus Professor of Medicine and the History of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, will present the next Heberden society lecture on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, at 5:00 pm.

The Origins and Evolution of the Mayo Clinic from 1864 to 1939: A Minnesota Family Practice Becomes an International "Medical Mecca"

Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 5:00 p.m. (Light refreshments at 4:45)

Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue

Uris Faculty Room (A-126)

The Medical Center Archives is pleased to announce that we received a third grant from METRO New York Library Council to digitize more publications from our collection. We have digitized the annual reports for Departments of Surgery (1933-1964), Medicine (1935-1946), and Anesthesiology (1958-1967).

The Heberden Society and the WCMC Division of Medical Ethics jointly present:

Robert Baker, PhD

William D. Williams Professor of Philosophy, Union College

Professor of Bioethics & Founding Director, Bioethics Program

Union Graduate College -Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Medical Ethics: A New York State of Mind

Thursday, April 9, 2015, 5:00 p.m. (light refreshments at 4:45pm)

Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell is pleased to present
an exhibit, Art and Science of Caring: Cornell University-New York Hospital School of Nursing in the 1300 York Avenue Lobby.

This exhibit is in conjunction with Cornell University's 150th anniversary celebration: 150 ways to say Cornell.

The Medical Center Archives is pleased to announce that we received a third grant from METRO New York Library Council to digitize more publications from our collection. We have just completed the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center Department of Psychiatry-Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic annual reports from 1935-1966. The publications are available at Internet Archive at https://archive.org/details/newyorkpresbyterianweillcornell

Stay tuned for more collections.

The Medical Center Archives is pleased to announce that we received a third grant from METRO New York Library Council to digitize more publications from our collection. We have just completed the New York Hospital-Westchester Division (Bloomingdale Asylum) annual reports from 1943-1964. Early annual reports for the Bloomingdale Asylum were included in the New York Hospital Annual Reports that have already been digitalized.

Reunion Weekend for Weill Cornell Medical College is taking place October 10 and 11. Alumni from across the country will be visiting the Medical Center for Reunion 2014: The Evolution of Medical Education.

Nancy J. Tomes, PhD, Professor of History, State University of New York, Stony Brook, will present the first Heberden Society Lecture of the 2014-15 academic year onThursday, October 2, 2014, at The New York Academy of Medicine.

What Ever Became of Good Old Doc? A Portfolio of Physicians Past

Thursday, October 2. 6:00 PM (Light refreshments at 5:30)

The New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue

We've finished two more rounds of digitization, completing our second Digital Conversion MicroGrant from the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO). Now available are the Society of the Lying-In Hospital Annual Reports, 1951-1965; the Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences Announcements, 1989-1996, 1999-2000, 2002-2003, 2005-2007; the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center Annual Reports, 1990-1997; and the Cornell University Medical College Announcements, 1985-1993.