Saturday, October 3, 2009

Opening reception: Honoring Those Who've Come Before

Dr. Marjorie Sirridge, Hematologist, Humanist and Former Medical School Dean featured in the exhibit.

Kansas City Womens Chorus will be performing at 2:30 p.m.

Reception sponsored by Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences.

3 p.m. | KU Medical Center Campus | Campus map

Lecture at Wahl Hall East (enter Lied Building), Reception at Dykes Library

*** Thursday, October 8, 2009 ***

Special Grand Rounds Presentation

Women: Changing the Face of Pediatrics

Dr. Iris Litt, Director of the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Stanford University's Department of Pediatrics

8:00 a.m. in the Auditorium at Children’s Mercy Hospital

*** Thursday, October 8, 2009 ***

The Department of History and Philosophy of Medicine at KUMC Lecture Series

Women Physicians in the Movies

Patricia E. Gallagher, Senior Librarian at The New York Academy of Medicine

KU Medical Center Campus | Campus map

4:30 p.m. reception in the Clendening Foyer, 1000 Robinson

5:00 p.m. lecture, Clendening Theatre, 2nd floor Robinson

Friday, October 9, 2009

New Perspectives, New Opportunities: Women Leaders in Medicine

Dr. Barbara Atkinson, Dr. Betty Drees, & Dr. Sandra Willsie, moderated by Marilyn Pesto, JD, Director, Sirridge Office of Medical Humanities.

3 p.m. | UMKC School of Medicine Theater A | Campus map

Two Deans and a former Dean of Kansas City Medical Schools discuss fostering diversity and helping women reach their full potential, breaking glass ceilings, and bringing new perspectives and opportunities to medicine.

Attendees may park in lot 28A on Charlotte Street, across from the Parking Garage.

CANCELLED

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Women and the Process of Discovery

Dr. Sara E. Walker, Rheumatologist and former President of the American College of Physicians and American Society of Internal Medicine featured in the exhibit.

5 p.m. | Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering & Technology

*** Friday, October 16, 2009 ***

KU Medical Center Alumni 63rd Annual Peter T. Bohan Lecture

Dr. Nancy Wilson Dickey

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | KU Medical Center Campus | Campus map

G013 -- School of Nursing Auditorium

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Opening the Doors to Multicultural Diversity and the Changing Faces of Color: Patient and Women Empowerment

Dr. U. Diane Buckingham, Adolescent Psychiatrist featured in the exhibit & Readers’ Theater (UMKC Theater Students) performing readings from the diaries of women physicians.

Noon | UMKC School of Law Courtroom | Campus map

This presentation will address the impact of cultural and ethnic diversity while addressing the myths, stereotypes and the development of identity with assessment tools for the clinical interview. Treatment intervention strategies will address micro-aggression, the color-blind society, mistrust and the continuance of racism despite the ideal of America’s Melting Pot. There will also be a discussion of women's physicians role to educate and empower others by knowledge of multiculturalism.

CANCELLED

Friday, October 30, 2009

One Woman’s Journey to Becoming Chief Medical Examiner of Jackson County, Missouri

Dr. Mary Dudley, Chief Medical Examiner of Jackson County.

A reception of Halloween treats will follow the presentation.

4:30 p.m. | UMKC School of Medicine Theater B | Campus map

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Closing reception: Science Has No Sex: The Life of Marie Zakrzewska, M.D.

Dr. Arleen Tuchman, PhD, Director, Center for Medicine, Health, and Society
Professor of History, Vanderbilt University

Lecture sponsored by KUMC History & Philosophy of Medicine Department
Reception sponsored by Health Sciences Library Network of Kansas City

3 p.m. | KU Medical Center Campus | Campus map

Lecture at Wahl Hall East (enter Lied Building), Reception at Dykes Library