2008 Frank Bryant Jr., MD Memorial Lecture

SAVE THE DATE - SEPTEMBER 22, 2008 - 12-1 PM
PARMAN AUDITORIUM

The Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics will be hosting Paul Farmer, MD on Monday, September 22 at noon in the Health Science Center Parman Auditorium for the 2008 Frank Bryant Jr., MD Memorial Lecture. There is no registration for this course. It is open for all to attend. Please save the date on your calendars and let your friends know, as this is a very rare visit.

Paul Farmer, MD, PhD
Dr. Farmer was the subject of Mountains Beyond Mountains, a compelling book written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder about his extraordinary life among the poor of Haiti. Farmer is a founding director of Partners In Health (PIH), which started as a simple clinic 20 years ago to provide desperately needed medical care to the sick and destitute in Cange, in the Central Plateau, Haiti’s poorest area. PIH has since expanded to many other sites in Haiti and is now a successful international health organization with operations in five other countries and a growing number of health initiatives.

A physician and medical anthropologist, Dr. Farmer is the Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Medical Anthropology and co-director of the Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Farmer is the winner of a MacArthur Foundation "genius" award and the Margaret Mead Award for his contributions to public anthropology.

Frank Bryant Jr., MD
The Frank Bryant, Jr., MD Memorial Lecture Series was started in 2002 to celebrate the life of San Antonio physician Frank Bryant who died very prematurely and is remembered by friends, colleagues and the many people he helped as a man who cared deeply for his fellow citizens and set a standard for community service that is almost unequaled. In his life he overcame adversity, yet would never accuse anyone else of being unfair. Dr. Bryant graduated from UTMB in one of the first classes to admit black students; He went on to become a highly respected physician, a loving family man and an unceasing advocate for the medically underserved in east San Antonio

CME - Ethics
UT Health Science Center San Antonio School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

UT Health Science Center San Antonio School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

*This session meets the Texas Medical Board criteria for formal Continuing Medical Education involving the study of medical ethics and/or professional responsibility.

Once Campus One Book
The UTHSCSA Bookstore will be offering a 25% discount on Mountains Beyond Mountains through September 22. This book has been selected for the One Book/One Community program at UTHSCSA.