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Sep 8, 2008  •  4:00PM - 5:30PM

Speakers: Dr. Jo Ivey Boufford President, New York Academy of Medicine

Convening thought leaders to explore our most pressing challenges and the path forward to ensure the public’s health

For questions, please contact publichealth@columbia.edu or call 212.305.4797

Sep 10, 2008  •  5:15PM - 7:15PM

Speakers: Dr James Wilk, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford and Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine

A Course in Nine Sessions, with lectures and seminar discussion (Sept 10, 2008 - May 31, 2009)
Change is at the center of the presidential campaign debate, and health care reform remains an urgent—and elusive—national priority. Meanwhile, a recent surge of books testifies to the need to understand key factors underlying change in society, nature, organizations and our own lives. Whether probing complexity or randomness, unraveling ecosystem dynamics, exposing self-defeating policies and actions, spotting tipping points or devising effective ‘nudges’, the search is on for ways of fathoming complex issues to achieve change effectively...
Registering for the Sept 10 Introductory Session will register you for the entire course
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Sep 15, 2008  •  3:00PM - 5:00PM

Speakers: Recipients of the 2008 Student Grants for the Glorney-Raisbeck, Rogers, Seaman and Valentine Programs

Schedule of Events: Reception and Presentations from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM

For additional information please contact valentine@nyam.org
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Sep 15, 2008  •  6:30PM - 8:00PM

Speakers: Robert Jay Lederman, MD, National Institutes of Health

Schedule of Events:

Registration and Reception from 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM

Lecture and Discussion from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM

For more information please contact Rick Ziehler, rziehler@nyam.org
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Sep 16, 2008  •  5:30PM - 7:30PM

Speakers: Case Presentation by Kenneth Prager, MD, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

"Must We Always Listen to the Health Care Agent? Can We Define the Tipping Point of Unreasonableness?"

A special case presentation on the wife-proxy of a 66 year old man with traumatic brain injury requests removal of life support despite reasonably good chances for the patient's complete recovery.

Schedule of Events:

Registration and Light Refreshments from 5:30 PM to 6:00 PM

Case Presentation and Discussion from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM

For more information contact Amy Kline (212)419-3644, akline@nyam.org
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Sep 17, 2008  •  6:00PM - 8:00PM

Speakers: Ruth Westheimer, EdD.

Speaker: Ruth Westheimer, EdD. This event is jointly sponsored by the Metropolitan Area Geriatrics Society (MAGS) and The New York Academy of Medicine. For more information and to register please contact magsadmin@gmail.com
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Sep 18, 2008  •  6:00PM - 8:30PM

Speakers: Antonia Sepulveda, MD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

For more information and to register contact Barbara Birkeland, blkbirk@charter.net or call 203-268-3620

Sep 18, 2008  •  6:00PM - 8:00PM

Speakers: Alvin N. Eden, MD

Alvin N. Eden, MD, presents his book Positive Parenting: Raising Healthy Children From Birth to Three Years, the classic bestselling book completely revised and updated.
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Sep 19 - 21, 2008  •  See event description for schedule

Speakers: Yoshiaki Omura, MD, Int'l College of Acupuncture & Electro Therapeutics; Ki Ho Kim, MD, Kim Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine; Dominic Lu, DDS, Univ. of Pennsylvania; Harsha Duvvi, MD, MPH, New York Medical College; Sigmond Lasker, PhD, New York Medical College; Yemen Chen, CMD, FICAE, NY Institute of Chinese Medicine

For more information please contact Yoshiaki Omura, icaet@yahoo.com

Sep 23, 2008  •  6:00PM - 8:00PM

Speakers: Vasken Dilsizian, MD, University of Maryland

Schedule of Events

Registration and Reception: 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM

Lecture and Discussion: 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

For additional information contact Rick Ziehler rziehler@nyam.org
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Sep 26 - 27, 2008  •  See event description for schedule

Speakers: For complete list of topics and speakers please visit www.orbitalsocietymeeting.org

For additional information including complete program and faculty please visit: www.orbitalsocietymeeting.org

Abstract Submission Deadline has been extended to August 15, 2008
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Oct 2, 2008  •  5:30PM - 7:30PM

Speakers: Bert Hansen, Ph.D., Baruch College of The City University of New York

Lecture and film screening at 6:00 p.m.; light refreshments at 5:30 p.m.

In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the New York Academy of Medicine’s groundbreaking study, “Maternal Mortality in New York City,” the Section on the History of Medicine and Public Health is sponsoring a screening of "The Fight for Life." This 1940 film by master filmmaker Pare Lorentz tells the story of the pioneering Chicago Maternity Center. Bert Hansen, PhD, Professor of History at Baruch College of The City University of New York, will introduce the film. One of Professor Hansen’s chief research interests is the history of how scientific and medical knowledge is disseminated to the general public.
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Oct 3 - 5, 2008  •  See event description for schedule

Speakers: Yoshiaki Omura, MD, Int'l College of Acupuncture & Electro Therapeutics; Ki Ho Kim, MD, Kim Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine; Dominic Lu, DDS, Univ. of Pennsylvania; Harsha Duvvi, MD, MPH, New York Medical College; Sigmond Lasker, PhD, New York Medical College; Yemen Chen, CMD, FICAE, NY Institute of Chinese Medicine

For more information and to register please contact Yoshiaki Omura, MD, icaet@yahoo.com

Oct 14, 2008  •  6:00PM - 8:00PM

Speakers: Daniel D. Federman, MD, Harvard University

Schedule of Events:

Reception from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Lecture from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM

For additional information please contact miller_lecture@nyam.org
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Oct 15, 2008  •  5:25PM - 7:30PM

Speakers: Maurice B. Burg, MD, National Institutes of Health

Schedule of Events:

Reception from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

Lecture from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM

For additional information please contact gibbs@nyam.org
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Oct 15, 2008  •  6:00PM - 8:00PM

Speakers: Donald (Rusty) Raymond Reeves, Jr., MD, University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ; Eric Goldsmith, MD, New York University School of Medicine, Stephen Bates Billick, MD, New York Medical College and New York University School of Medicine

Schedule of Events:

Registration and Reception from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Presentations and Discussion from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Local Area Forensic Psychiatry Training Programs Overview from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

For additional information please contact rziehler@nyam.org
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Oct 16, 2008  •  6:00PM - 7:30PM

Speakers: Jose Jessurun, MD, University of Minnesota Medical Center; Stefan Pambuccian, MD, University of Minnesota Medical Center

For more information and to register contact Barbara Birkeland blkbirk@charter.net or call 203-268-3620

Oct 16, 2008  •  6:00PM - 8:00PM

Speakers: Julie Salamon, Author of Hospital: Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity, Plus Red Tape, Bad Behavior, Money, God and Diversity on Steroids, with Pamela Brier, MPH, Panelist

Bestselling author and award-winning journalist Julie Salamon follows a year in the life New York’s Maimonides Medical Center, painting a revealing portrait of how big medicine operates today in HOSPITAL: Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity, Plus Red Tape, Bad Behavior, Money, God and Diversity on Steroids

For more information please contact Amy Kline (212)419-3644, akline@nyam.org
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Oct 20, 2008  •  4:30PM - 7:00PM

Speakers: Jane Ko, MD, NYU; Maria Shiau, MD, NYU; Gregory Pearson, MD, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center; William Moore, MD, SUNY-Stony Brook; Jo-Anne Shepard, MD, Harvard Medical School

For additional information and to register contact fleuryr@verizon.net

Oct 28, 2008  •  1:30PM - 5:00PM

Speakers: Sophie Balk, MD, Children's Hospital at Montefiore; Sandra Braganza, MD, Children's Hospital at Montefiore; Joel Forman, MD, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine; Maida Galvez, MD, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine; Nathan Graber, MD, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine; Morri Markowitz, MD, Albert Einsten College of Medicine

Schedule of Events:

Registration and Light Refreshments from 1:30 PM to 2:00 PM

Presentations and Discussion from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM

For more information contact Amy Kline (212)419-3644, akline@nyam.org
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Nov 1 - 4, 2008  •  See event description for schedule

Speakers: Xiao-Ding Cao, MD, FICAE, Shanghai Medical University; Pekka Pontinen, Kuopio University; Francesco Ceccherelli, MD, FICAE, University of Padua; Yoshiaki Omura, MD, ScD, Int'l College of Acupuncture & Electro Therapeutics; Dominic Lu, DDS, University of Pennsylvania; Ki Ho Kim, MD, FAAPMR, FICAE, Kim Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine; Yemen Cheng, CMD, FICAE, NY Institute of Chinese Medicine

For additional information and to register contact Yoshiaki Omura, MD, icaet@yahoo.com

Nov 5, 2008  •  5:30PM - 7:30PM

Speakers: Case presentation by Alice Herb, JD, LLM, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center

Schedule of Events:

Registration and Light Refreshments from 5:30 PM to 6:00 PM

Case Presentation and Discussion from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM

For more information please contact Amy Kline (212)419-3644, akline@nyam.org
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Nov 10, 2008  •  6:00PM - 8:00PM

Speakers: Prof. Dr. med Hans-Juergen Biersack, University of Bonn

Schedule of Events:

Registration and Light Reception from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Lecture and Discussion from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

For more information contact rziehler@nyam.org
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Nov 10, 2008  •  6:00PM - 8:00PM

Speakers: Florida Olivieri, MD, Mount Sinai Medical Center

For more information and to register contact magsadmin@gmail.com

Nov 11, 2008  •  6:00PM - 8:30PM

Speakers: Jerry Shapiro, MD, NYU School of Medicine; Walter Unger, MD, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine; ken Washenik, MD, PhD, Bosley Medical Group

Schedule of Events:

Registration and Light Dinner from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Lectures and Discussion from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM

For more information please contact Amy Kliine (212) 419-3644, akline@nyam.org
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Nov 13, 2008  •  6:00PM - 8:00PM

Speakers: Myron Winick, MD, Author of The Final Stamp

From February to the middle of July 1942 a remarkable study was carried out in the Warsaw ghetto, a study of starvation conducted by the Jewish physicians in the two largest hospitals in the ghetto. The results of this study have survived and become a cornerstone of the medical literature on the changes undergone by the human body when not enough food is available. The Final Stamp is an historical novel about that study—why it was done, how it was done, who carried it out, what was found, and how it survived. Everything about the study itself is historically accurate; Dr. Winick has brought life to the real physicians involved in his novel’s fictional characterizations.

More information, and copies of the book for purchase are available here: The Final Stamp or on Amazon.com should you wish to read the novel before the event.

For more information contact Rick Ziehler, rziehler@nyam.org
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Nov 17, 2008  •  4:25PM - 7:00PM

Speakers: Sherelle Laifer-Narin, MD, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center; Joan Prowda, MD, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center; Rob Troiano, MD, Weill-Cornell Medical Center; Genevieve Bennett, MD, NYU

For more information please contact fleuryr@verizon.net

Nov 17, 2008  •  5:30PM - 7:30PM

Speakers: Glenn Flores, MD, FAAP, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Schedule of Events:

Reception from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

Lecture from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM

For additional information please contact brock@nyam.org
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Nov 18, 2008  •  5:00PM - 7:30PM

Speakers: 161st Anniversary Discourse by Huda Akil, PhD, University of Michigan

Schedule of Events:

Annual Meeting of the Voting Fellows and Induction of New Fellows at 5:00 PM

Discourse and Awards at 6:00 PM

Reception at 6:45 PM

For more information please contact Amy Kline, akline@nyam.org

The Annual Meeting of the Fellows is open to NYAM Fellows only, the Anniversary Discourse and Awards is open to the public
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Nov 20, 2008  •  6:00PM - 8:25PM

Speakers: Pedram Argani, MD, Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more information and to register contact Barbara Birkeland blkbirk@charter.net or call 203-268-3620

Dec 4, 2008  •  8:00PM - 9:30PM

Speakers: Lecturer: Michael J. Meany, PhD, McGill University; Medalist: Fritz Henn, PhD, MD, Brookhaven National Laboratories

Lecture and Presentation of Medal from 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM

For additional information please contact salmon@nyam.org
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Dec 8, 2008  •  4:30PM - 7:00PM

Speakers: Helene Pavlov, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery; Anthony Chang, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery; Jonathan Luchs, MD, Winthrop University Hospital; Keith Math, MD, Beth Israel Medical Center; Li Foong Fo, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery; Levon Nazarian, MD, Thomas Jefferson University

For additional information and to register please contact fleuryr@verizon.net

Dec 10, 2008  •  6:00PM - 7:00PM

Speakers: Michael Friedman, MD

For additional information and to register please contact magsadmin@gmail.com or phone Beatriz Korc, MD at 212-659-8552.

Dec 12 - 14, 2008  •  See event description for schedule

Speakers: Yoshiaki Omura, MD, Int'l College of Acupuncture & Electro Therapeutics; Ki Ho Kim, MD, Kim Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine; Dominic Lu, DDS, Univ. of Pennsylvania; Harsha Duvvi, MD, MPH, New York Medical College; Sigmond Lasker, PhD, New York Medical College; Yemen Chen, CMD, FICAE, NY Institute of Chinese Medicine

For additional information and to register please contact Yoshiaki Omura, MD icaet@yahoo.com

Dec 13, 2008  •  8:00AM - 1:00PM

Speakers: Dr. Henry Kawamoto, Jr., UCLA Medical Center; Mark Codner, MD, Paces Plastic Surgery; Michael Patipa, MD, West Palm Beach; Allen Putterman, MD, University of Illinois

For additional information and to register please contact Victoria Morales, info@plasticsurgeryny.org

Apr 30, 2009  •  6:30PM - 9:30PM

NYAM's 15th Annual Gala will celebrate leaders who are improving health.
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Oct 3 - 4, 2009  •  See event description for schedule

Speakers: Speakers and final program to be announced

In 1909, Sigmund Freud made his only visit to the United States. He arrived in New York, spent much time there, and departed from New York. This symposium will meet in New York exactly one hundred years after his arrival back in Vienna to consider what happened to his ideas and his networks in America in the century after he left.

Registration will open June 1, 2009

For additional information please contact dmorcone@nyam.org