The 2012–2013 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.

September 20, 2012

The Past Year in Admissions

Richard A. Silverman
Director of Admissions

October 18, 2012

Healthcare and Public Policy

Patricia Dillon, MA, MPH
State Representative--District 92 (New Haven) Assistant Majority Whip

November 15, 2012

HAVEN Free Clinic: Progress in Clinical Quality and Interdisciplinary Student Collaboration

Neel Butala, YSM/SOM ‘14 Jones-HAVEN Fellow Executive Director, HAVEN Free Clinic
Kelly Foss, YSPH ‘13 Executive Director, HAVEN Free Clinic
Janine Sun, YSN ‘13 Executive Director, HAVEN Free Clinic

January 17, 2013

State of the School

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

February 28, 2013

Treating Lung Cancer 2013 – The Rise of Molecular Medicine

Thomas J. Lynch, Jr, MD
Director, Yale Cancer Center Physician-in-Chief, Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven
Richard and Jonathan Sackler Professor of Internal Medicine

March 21, 2013

Cancer Survivorship: The Challenges of Care After Treatment

Ann Partridge, MD, MPH
Founder and Director, Program for Young Women with Breast Cancer
Director, Adult Survivorship Program and Lance Armstrong Foundation Clinic
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

April 18, 2013

An Update on Medical Education at Yale

Richard Belitsky, MD
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
Tel:203-785-5708

Barbara Watts, Coordinator, Medical Student Council Speaker Series
Tel:203-785-3455 

Joel Winer, Medical Student Council President