2009-2010 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 Hope 110, 315 Cedar St., from 1 to 2 p.m. Lunch is served at 1 p.m., and presentations begin ten minutes later.

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September 24, 2009

The Past Year in Admissions

Richard A. Silverman
Director of Admissions

October 15, 2009

Cancer Research and Treatment at Yale 2012

Thomas J. Lynch, Jr, M.D.
Director of Yale Cancer Center

November 12, 2009

Strategic Planning for Education: Initial Recommendations and Plan for Feedback

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

January 21, 2010

Medical Progress: How Much Can We Afford?

Daniel Callahan, Ph.D.
President Emeritus of The Hastings Center
Co-Director of the Yale-Hastings Program in Ethics and Health Policy

February 25, 2010

"Planning for Our Future: Addressing the Needs of the Seriously Ill"

R. Sean Morrison, M.D.
Director, National Palliative Care Research Center
Herman Merkin Professor of Palliative Care
Vice-Chair for Research, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

March 25, 2010

The State of the School

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

April 22, 2010

Stem Cell Research: Progress and Clinical Promise

Haifan Lin, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell Biology and Genetics
Director of Yale Stem Cell Center

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

Josh Leinwand, Medical Student Council President