Lectures and Events
The events below include our biweekly Montgomery Lectures, other events we host, and relevant events hosted by other groups at Northwestern University and its affiliated clinical partners.
The Montgomery Lectures Series is presented biweekly on Thursdays from noon to 12:45pm, and is open to all. Presenters are faculty in the Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics program, CBMH members, and special guests. This series was named in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.
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Oct
10
Existence in the Intersection: Disability and Medicine - Riva Lehrer | Samantha L. Schroth
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Presents
A Montgomery Lecture
With
Riva Lehrer
Artist | Author | Curator
Samantha L. Schroth, PhD
MD Candidate, M3
Medical Scientist Training Program
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Most Disabled people encounter the world of medicine as patients and outside observers. It is unusual to be able to observe and experience what it means to be both disabled and practitioner. Riva Lehrer, artist, writer, and Instructor in Medical Humanities, will be joined by Samantha Schroth, who holds a PhD in Immunology and is currently an MD candidate, for a lively exploration of their differing perspectives, drawn from their overlapping identities.
This lecture will include a brief reading from Ms. Lehrer's memoir, Golem Girl, along with images of her recent work. Ms. Lehrer currently has a solo show at Zolla Lieberman Gallery, including a portrait of a Northwestern physician.
https://www.zollaliebermangallery.com/riva-lehrer---the-monster-studio.html
This lecture is open to the public and will be held in the Searle Seminar Room in the Lurie Research Building (303 E Superior), Chicago Campus. For those outside the Chicago area and anyone who would prefer to attend remotely, a Zoom option is also available.
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Oct
24
Much More than a Clinic: Chicago's Free Health Centers 1968-1972 - Jessica Jerome
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Presents
A Montgomery Lecture
With
Jessica Jerome, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Health Sciences
DePaul University
Much More than a Clinic: Chicago's Free Health Centers 1968-1972
Drawing on archival evidence, Professor Jerome documents the emergence and fluorescence of three free health clinics in Chicago in the late 1960s. This lecture traces the centers' forceful removal by the city's Board of Health, and their subsequent replacement by Federally Qualified Health Centers (FHQCs). Professor Jerome argues that the demise of the free centers is exemplary of a broader trend in US health policy of regulating and diminishing the health care options of poor Americans. By highlighting the stark contrast between Chicago's free health centers of the 1960s and the health care services offered by contemporary FQHCs, it s revealed that there s a gradual shift from health care rights to accessing care in the US health care safety net.
This lecture is open to the public and will be held in the Searle Seminar Room in the Lurie Research Building (303 E Superior), Chicago Campus. For those outside the Chicago area and anyone who would prefer to attend remotely, a Zoom option is also available.
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Nov
07
What Can Stop the Determined Heart and Resolved Will of Man?: Innovation, Ethics, and Medicine - Panel Presentation
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
In Co-Sponsorship With
The Galter Health Sciences Library
Present
A Montgomery Lecture
What Can Stop the Determined Heart and Resolved Will of Man?:
Innovation, Ethics, and Medicine
Panel Discussion:
Moderator:
Mohammad Hosseini, PhD
Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine
Panelists:
Catherine Belling, PhD
Associate Professor, Medical Education
David Kendall Casey
Medical Student, MD/MA - Medical Humanities & Bioethics
Megan Crowly-Matoka, PhD
Associate Professor, Medical Education; Anthropology
Why does the 19th century novel Frankenstein continue to resonate within the medical sciences? As part of the National Library of Medicine exhibition Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature, a panel discussion between four members of the Feinberg community will examine the novel and its themes through a medical ethics lens. Each panelist will share their unique perspective and participate in a Q&A with the moderator.
This lecture is open to the public and will be held in Baldwin Auditorium in the Lurie Research Building (303 E Superior), Chicago Campus. For those outside the Chicago area and anyone who would prefer to attend remotely, a Zoom option is also available.
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Nov
21
Exploring the First 125 Years of Medical Education at Northwestern - Katie Lattal
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program
Presents
A Montgomery Lecture
With
Katie Lattal, MA
Special Collections Librarian
Head, Special Collections Department
Galter Health Sciences Library
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Exploring the First 125 Years of Medical Education at Northwestern
American medical education has undergone multiple instructional reforms since the first American medical school was founded in 1765, to establish a more rigorous curriculum, to provide more clinical experience, or in response to scientific and technological advances, to name a few broad examples. This talk will investigate how medical education has responded to different social movements in American history, focusing on first and second wave feminism and the civil rights movement. This lecture will review the broader context of medical education across the US in the 19th and early 20th centuries before examining how educational policy at the medical school was shaped by social and cultural beliefs of the time. Attendees will be encouraged to discuss these aspects of medical school history as well as the effects of policies on medical education and the profession itself, and to propose avenues for further inquiry.
This lecture is open to the public and will be held in the Searle Seminar Room in the Lurie Research Building (303 E Superior), Chicago Campus. For those outside the Chicago area and anyone who would prefer to attend remotely, a Zoom option is also available.
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