Dr. Lawrence Finer to present Heberden Society Lecture, May 9, 2012

Lawrence Finer, Ph.D.

Director of Domestic Research, the Guttmacher Institute

will present the final Heberden Society Lecture of the 2011-2012 academic year on Wednesday, May 9, 2012.

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The Tumultuous History of Women's and Reproductive Health in the U.S.

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Wednesday, May 9. 5:00 p.m. (light refreshments at 4:45)

Dr. Peter G. Wilson to present Heberden Society Lecture on March 20

Peter G. Wilson, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College

Attending Psychiatrist, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

will present the spring 2012 Heberden Society Lecture:

Psychiatry at NYPH-WCMC 1791-2012

Tuesday, March 20, 2012. 5 p.m.

Weill Cornell Medical College

1300 York Avenue

Uris Faculty Room (A-126)

Dr. Charles S. Bryan to present joint Heberden Society-Medical Ethics lecture on January 24

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

Charles S. Bryan, M.D., MACP, FRCP,
Heyward Gibbes Distinguished Professor of Internal Medicine Emeritus, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Director, Institute of Internal Medicine and Family Medicine, Providence Hospital, Columbia, South Carolina

Medical Professionalism for Generations X,Y and Z: Does William Osler’s “Master-Word in Medicine” (that is ‘Work’) Still Ring True?

Blizzard of 1947

Blizzard of 1947

This weekend we had a small early storm that caused hectic in the metropolitan area. The image above shows the blizzard of 1947, a record breaking storm that hit New York on Christmas 1947 dropping 26.6 inches of snow. This scene of York Avenue was taken by Farrington Daniels, who became the chief of the Division of Dermatology at the medical center.