The Program for Humanities in Medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine was established in 1983 by Dr. Howard Spiro to affirm and support the essential role of the arts and humanities in the medical profession. A central component of the program has been an annual lecture series (20-22 lectures) on the general theme of medicine and the humanities. Later this year, a seminar series will be devoted to the subject of the response and responsibilities of the medical profession to the phenomenon of torture and warfare. An Arts Subcommittee of the Program was established in 2001 by Dr. Thomas Duffy when he assumed directorship of the Program of Humanities in Medicine. The subcommittee has joined with the Yale School of Nursing in cooperative ventures in the arts and humanities. A film series in the Anlyan Center, evenings in the local art galleries and a writing workshop mentored by the surgeon-novelist, Dr. Richard Selzer, are all sponsored by the program. Susan Wheeler, the curator of the Fry Print Collection at the Yale Medical Historical Library, is using the rich resources of the Library collections in a series for students that makes available for discussion the works of Andreas Vesalius, Thomas Willis, and William Hunter. This year there will again be a drawing- photography-painting class offered by physician-artist, Mark Depman, during the gross anatomy course. A literature-medicine seminar series meets twice monthly under the leadership of psychiatrist, Paul Kirwin, for reading and discussion of poetry. A prize for a juried creative writing contest is awarded each year to a medical and nursing student. The Arts Subcommittee has also been active in sponsoring exhibits on a regular basis at the Yale Medical Library where space is reserved for display of the student works. The Program will be sponsoring a sculpture and a portrait exhibits in the coming year. This calendar outlines the offerings of the program. The telephone number of the Program is 785-4744.

Fall 2004 September 3rd Introduction of PHM/Arts Events and PULSE Journal Project YSN Orientation - Laura Fitzgerald, YSN II Dagan Coppock, YSM IV 8th Introduction of PHM/Arts Events and PULSE Journal Project YSM Activites Fair - Hope 12noon Thomas Duffy, MD - Director, et al. 10th PHM Arts Sub-Committee mtg YSN 10am 13th *Writers' Circle *Writers' Circle 23rd Film Night "Hospital" Fredrick Wiseman Documentary Anlyan Center 5:30pm 30th PHM Lecture "Curiosities of Taste: A Journey from Lab to Clinic" Linda Bartoshuk, MD Beaumont Room 5pm October 1st PHM/Arts Sub-Committee mtg YSN 10am 8th & 14th Arts of the Book Collection "Holding In, Holding On" Artist's books by Martha A. Hall Living with Breast Cancer Sterling Memorial Library 1:30pm 10/8, 10am 10/14 14th PHM Lecture "The Neurology of the Soul" Orrin Devinsky, MD Beaumont Room 5pm 21st Medical Prints - Fry Collection "Vesalius and his Masterpiece De humani corporis fabrica" Susan Wheeler, Curator, and Mark Depman, MD Beaumont Room 5pm 28th PHM Lecture "Origins of the Medical Letter" Gianna Zuccotti, MD Historical Library 5pm November 1-30th Paintings by C.C. Chuang, MD YSM '01 Medical Library Gallery 4th Healing Hands - Art Project Melinda Bridgman, MFA YSN - 5pm 5th PHM/Arts Sub-Committee mtg YSN 10am 11th PHM Lecture "Art and Medicine: An Overview" Cheng-Chieh Chuang, MD Beaumont Room 5pm 11th Reception for C.C. Chuang and students 6pm December 1st PULSE Journal Project Submission due 2nd PHM Lecture "Poetry and Pain" John Hollander, PhD Beaumont Room 5pm 3rd PHM/Arts Sub-Committee mtg YSN 10am 16th PHM Lecture "Seniors Living a Quality Life" Karyl K. Evans, MA Beaumont Room 5pm ADDENDA: *Writers Circle - to be scheduled every two weeks From the Anatomy Lab, To The Clinic and In Between - Art project under the direction of Mark Depman, MD will center on photography: looking at the implements and location of medical practice. Open to YSM, YSN, EPH students Meeting time and place TBA Literature and Poetry of Medicine Reading Group Under the direction of Paul Kirwin, MD and Thomas Duffy, MD Meeting time and place TBA For additional information or changes in schedule PLEASE CHECK with Deborah Finger 785-4744

Spring 2005 January Review of PULSE submission 6th PHM Lecture "The Molecular Gaze: Art in the Genetic Age" Suzanne Anker, MFA Beaumont Room 5pm 7th PHM/Arts Sub-Committee mtg YSN 10am 12th Film Night "Titticut Follies" Fredrick Wiseman Documentary Anlyan Center 5:30pm 13th Medical Prints - Fry Collection "Thomas Willis and his Cerebri anatome," with drawings by Christopher Wren and a visit by Carl Zimmer, author of Soul Made Flesh. Susan Wheeler, Curator, and Mark Depman, MD Beaumont Room 5pm 20th PHM Lecture "The Doctors' Plague; The Story of Ignacz Semmelweis" Sherwin B. Nuland, MD Beaumont Room 5pm 27th PHM Lecture "Music and the Brain" Thomas C. Duffy, DMA and Thomas P. Duffy, MD Beaumont Room 5pm February 3rd PHM Lecture "The Pioneers of Hospice" Florence S. Wald, MD, MF Beaumont Room 5pm 4th PHM/Arts Sub-Committee mtg YSN 10am 4th Film Night "Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Pacifist, Nazi Resister" Martin Doblmeier Documentary Anlyan Center 5:30pm 17th PHM Lecture "HIV Across Two Decades and Two Continents" Gerald Friedland, MD Beaumont Room 5pm March 2nd Sculpture Exhibit through April "Body Memories" Women and Breast Cancer Susan Falkman, sculptor Opening reception Anlyan Center 4pm-6pm 2nd"Working Too Hard and Achieving Too Much: The Cost of Being HArvey Cushing" Michael Bliss, PhD Fulton House 5pm 3rd PHM Lecture "Italian Women in Black Dresses" Maria Gillian, MA Beaumont Room 5pm 4th PHM/Arts Sub-Committee mtg YSN 10am 17th PHM Lecture "Paving the Road Through Nursing: Lessons Learnt" Linda Pellico, RN, PhD Beaumont Room 5pm 30th Film Night "Dying for Drugs" Documentary Anlyan Center 5:30pm April 1st PHM/Arts Sub-Committee mtg YSN 10am 8th Medical Prints - Fry Collection "A Reprise of William Hunter's "Gravid Uterus" Susan Wheeler, Curator, and Mark Depman, MD Beaumont Room 5pm 14th Creative Writing Awards Reception for YSN students The Vistors' Center Elm Street 6pm-8pm 14th PHM Lecture "The Smile" Angus Trumble, PhD Beaumont Room 5pm 21st PHM Lecture "Medicine and Race - Bound by Birds and Blood" Alita Anderson, MD YSM '01 and freelance artist Beaumont Room 5pm May 1-31st Exhibit Art, Photography, and Writings of YSM and YSN students Medical Library Gallery 5th PULSE Journal Inaugurated 5th PHM Lecture "Student Presentation of Writing" Richard Selzer, MD Beaumont Room 5pm Reception for students 6pm 6th PHM/Arts Sub-Committee mtg

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