15th Annual History of Medicine and Public Health Night – Part 2

The New York Academy of Medicine Section on the History of Medicine and Public Health invites you the Fifteenth Annual History of Medicine and Public Health Night – Part 2 to be held virtually on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, on the topic of “Perspectives in the History of Medicine and Public Health.”

Presenters & Abstracts

Irene Auteri, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Adelphi University
A Historical Analysis: How WWII and the US Cadet Nurse Corp Influenced Nursing Education

Pascal J. de Caprariis MD, FAAFP
Private Consultant for Infectious Diseases

&

Ann DiMaio MD, FAAP
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, SUNY Downstate
Diphtheria Vaccination: Historical Success & Danger with Waning Public Adherence

Rolando Del Maestro MD, PhD, 
William Feindel Professor Emeritus in Neuro-Oncology; Professor, Department of the Social Studies of Medicine; and Director of the Neurosurgery Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre
McGill University
Freud and Leonardo-Confabulation and Creativity

Michael Emmett, MD, MACP, 
Chair Emeritus & Senior Advisor, Department of Internal Medicine
Baylor University Medical Center
Correcting History--Donald Seldin at Dachau    

Manish Kumar
MD Candidate, Class of 2026
Weill Cornell Medicine
Racism in American Psychiatry

We hope you can join us.