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Humanities Grand Rounds

Humanities Elective Courses

Humanities Scholars Certificate and Selected Paper Topics

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Humanities Scholars

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Humanities Grand Rounds and Special Events
Presentations and events are open to all faculty, students and staff.  Lectures are at Drexel University College of Medicine, 2900 Queen Lane, Philadelphia, unless noted, and pre-registration is not required unless stated.

August 12, 2011, 12:00-12:50PM – Aud. A
“The Hippocratic Oath: What it Really Says, and the Values of Medicine”
 Steven Peitzman, M.D., F.A.C.P. (Drexel)

August 26, 2011, 12:00-12:50PM – Aud. A
“In What Tradition? The Stories of Woman’s Medical, Hahnemann, & Drexel, and the Uses of History”
 Steven Peitzman, M.D., F.A.C.P., (Drexel)

September 6, 2011, 12:00-12:50PM – Aud. A;
repeated at 1:00PM – Aud. B
“The Experience of Illness: A View from the Arts”
Rhonda Soricelli, M.D. (Drexel)

September 16, 2011, 12:00-12:50 – Aud. A
“Cutting Cold Flesh: A History of Students DissectingBodies”
 Steven  Peitzman, M.D., F.A.C.P., (Drexel)

October 20, 2011, 4:30 – 5:50 PM – SAC B
“In the Company of Marines: A Surgeon Remembers Viet Nam”
James Finnegan, M.D.

November 17, 2011, 4:30 – 5:50 PM – Room A1
“Ethics of New Generation Genetics Research”
Benjamin Berkman, J.D., M.P.H. (NIH)

December 7, 2011, 4:30-5:50 PM – Aud. A
“Neurotheology – God and the Brain”
Andrew Newberg, M.D., (Thomas Jefferson Medical College)

January 5, 2012, 12:00 – 12:50 PM – Aud.A; repeated at
1:00 PM – Aud. B
“Art, Healing and Doctoring”
Flo Gelo, D.Min., NYPsyA (Drexel)

January 12, 2012, 12:00-12:50 PM – Aud. A
“Life Exposed – Biological Citizenship after Nuclear Accidents”
Adriana Petryna, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania)

February 14, 2012, 1:00 – 1:50 PM – Aud. B.
“Famous Physical Exams – Augenblick in History”
Salvatore Mangione, M.D. (Thomas Jefferson Medical College)

February 21, 2012, 5:00 – 6:00 PM – SAC A
“Poetry, Healing and Medicine”
Katy Hawkins, Ph.D.

March 21, 2012, 12:00-12:50 – SAC A
“Dance, Therapeutics and Healing”
Sharon Goodill, Ph.D., BC_DMT, NCC (Drexel)

April 19, 2012, 12:00-12:50 – Aud A
“Experiencing Ovarian Cancer through the Art of Photography”
Lowell McMullin

For general information contact:

Steven Rosenzweig, MD
Director, Medical Humanities Program
steven.rosenzweig@drexelmed.edu

For information regarding the Humanities Scholars Certificate Program, contact: Flo Gelo, D.Min., NCPsyA, Director fgelo@drexelmed.edu  (215) 991-8469