Charlotte D. Jacobs to present Heberden Society Lecture December 7, 5pm

Charlotte D. Jacobs, M.D., Ben and A. Jess Shenson Professor of Medicine (Emerita), Stanford University, will present the next Heberden society lecture on Wednesday, December 7, 2016, at 5:00 pm.

Jonas Salk: American Hero, Scientific Outcast

Wednesday, December 7, 2016, 5:00 p.m.
Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue
Uris Faculty Room (A-126)

Charlotte D. Jacobs' Jonas Salk: a Life relates the story of one of America's most beloved and decorated scientific heroes. His polio vaccine all but eradicated a crippling disease from the face of the earth. While the public rushed to honor him, the scientific community all but shunned him. In this first full account of Salk's life, Jacobs reveals the complex man behind the controversial legend.

Charlotte D. Jacobs, M.D. is the Ben and A. Jess Shenson Professor of Medicine (Emerita) at Stanford University. A native of Kingsport, Tennessee, she studied medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. As a professor at Stanford University, she engaged in teaching, cancer research, and patient care. She has served as Senior Associate Dean and as Director of the Clinical Cancer Center. Her academic honors include numerous awards for excellence in patient care and teaching, as well as the Distinguished Alumni Award from Washington University. She currently cares for veterans with cancer at the Palo Alto Veterans Medical Center.

Mid-career, Jacobs began studying biography writing. Her first biography, Henry Kaplan and the Story of Hodgkin's Disease (2010), was called one of the Best Five Books on doctors' lives by The Wall Street Journal. Jacobs' second biography, Jonas Salk: a Life (Oxford University Press, 2015), was named one of the 100 Notable Books of 2015 by the editors of The New York Times Book Review.

The Heberden Society, which seeks to promote an interest in the history of medicine, was founded at the medical center in 1975. With funding from the Office of the Dean, the society sponsors a series of lectures during each academic year.

Please join us on Wednesday, December 7, at 5pm.