2007-2008 Medical Student Council
Perspectives on Medicine Series

Perspectives on Medicine brings a variety of speakers to the Sterling Hall of Medicine for talks on medical education, clinical medicine, public health, biomedical research and the state of the school. Past speakers have included university President Richard C. Levin, former surgeon general C. Everett Koop, M.D., pediatric neurosurgeon Benjamin S. Carson, M.D., and medical school Dean Robert J Alpern, M.D. Topics range from the impact of the 80-hour work week for residents to the status of women in medicine to race-based disparities in health care.

Meetings are open to the Yale and medical center community and are held in the Beaumont Room, L221, Sterling Hall of Medicine, from 1 to 2 p.m. Lunch is served at 1 p.m., and presentations begin ten minutes later.

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September 27, 2007

The Past Year in Admissions

Richard A. Silverman
Director of Admissions

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October 18, 2007--view ppt

Fostering Translational Research in the Yale Cancer Center

Richard Edelson, M.D.
Director of Yale Cancer Center
Professor and Chair of Dermatology

New Developments in Cancer Drug Therapy

Edward Chu, M.D.
Professor of Medicine (medical oncology) and Pharmacology

Defining the Molecular Subtypes of Breast Cancer to Improve Treatment

Lyndsay Harris, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine (medical oncology)

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November 29, 2007

HAVEN Free Clinic: Student-Run Primary Care for the Uninsured

Nancy R. Angoff, M.D., M.P.H., M.Ed.
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine

Emma Barber – Class of 2010
Ryan Schwarz – Class of 2010
Sara Whetstone – Class of 2008

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January 17, 2008

To Heal, to Teach and to Build:
The Yale Experience With Partnership Models in International Health

Majid Sadigh, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine (general medicine)

February 14, 2008

Living With Dying

Ann Ameling
Professor Emeritus of Psychiatric Nursing
Yale School of Nursing

March 6, 2008

The State of the School

Robert J. Alpern, M.D.
Dean, Yale School of Medicine
Ensign Professor of Medicine

April 17, 2008

Committee for the Well-Being of Students

Jessica Crawford – Class of 2010
Hiromi Yoshida – Class of 2010

May 15, 2008

Medical Education at Yale:
Strategic Planning, the Impact of LCME and a Look Toward the Future

Richard Belitsky, M.D.
Deputy Dean for Education
Harold W. Jockers Associate Professor of Medical Education
Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Contacts

Laura R. Ment, M.D., Chair, Medical Student Council Speaker Series: 785-5708

Claire M. Bessinger, Coordinator, Medical Student Council Speaker Series: 785-5954

Katherine Rose, President, Medical Student Council