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| Through the generosity of our donors and funders, College and Section programs are free and open to the public. Receptions may
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6:15pm |
"New Directions in Vision Therapy"
Learn more about gene therapy for retinal degenerations, surgical considerations in retinal gene therapy, new treatments for age related macular degeneration, and diabetic retinopathy therapy in the 21st century.
Speakers: Eric Pierce, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, F.M. Kirby Center for Molecular Ophthalmology at The University of Pennsylvania; Josh Dunaief, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, The Mahoney Institute of Neurological Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania; and Julia A. Haller, MD, Ophthalmologist-in-Chief, Wills Eye Institute and Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Jefferson Medical College and Thomas Jefferson University.
Co-sponsored with PhillyHealthInfo.org and supported, in part, by The Leslie Nicholas Lecture fund.
Hors d’oeuvres reception follows program; fees apply.
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6:00pm |
Medicine Show: Putting Science and Health on Display
Wellcome Collection opened its doors to the public just over 18 months ago. Since then it has welcomed close to 500,000 visits and has received lavish plaudits from all corners of the UK’s press and media, as well as internationally. It presents an uncompromisingly brainy approach to putting medicine on public display, but within a broad cultural context that seems to appeal to a wide grown-up audience.
In this talk, Dr Ken Arnold outlines the Wellcome’s inquisitive curatorial approach to exploring medical science (past and present) within the broad context of the whole human condition. He discusses the permanent display of Henry Wellcome’s museum collection Medicine Man, and a recent temporary exhibition Skeletons: London’s Buried Bones, one of seven shows to have been mounted since June 2007. Dr Arnold will argue that while the work of the Wellcome represents a refreshing and innovative approach to engaging the public with medicine and its history, the approach owes much to the incurably curious instincts that led to the setting up of Europe’s first museums in the Renaissance. His conclusion is that there is something timelessly full of wonder about putting medicine on show.
Dr. Arnold is Head of Public Programmes at Wellcome Collection, London, and functions as creative director for the Collection.
Sponsored by the F.C. Wood Institute for the History of Medicine.
Hors d’oeuvres reception follows program; fees apply.
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Recession or Not: How to select Individual Health Insurance?
Should I gamble and be uninsured? Pros and Cons
David Asch, MD, MBA, Executive Director, Leonard Davis Institute, University of Pennsylvania
If I want individual or family health insurance, what types offer the benefits I need and are they affordable?
Joel Ario, JD, Insurance Commissioner, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
How do I find out if my family is eligible for publicly-financed health coverage?
Nan Feyler, JD, MPH, Chief of Staff, Philadelphia Department of Health
I’ll be graduating from college, and face a bleak job market. Can I stay on my parents’ plan?
Salil Gutt, MBA, financial planner (fee-only) Gutt & Company
Moderator: Walter Tsou, MD, MPH
Co-sponsored by the Section on Public Health & Preventive Medicine and PhillyHealthInfo.org
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PhillyHealthInfo.org’s Picnic and Healthy Food Fest - CANCELLED |
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-- Lectures and programs: Free of Charge
-- Mütter Museum programs and events: Free with Museum Admission
-- College-sponsored hors d’oeuvres reception (fee required when notated after program description)*:
- College Fellows and Guests/ Fellows’ Widows-Widowers: $15/ person (DC: FELLOW)
- John Morgan Society ($5,000+) Donors and Above: complimentary
- General Public: $25/ person
- Students: $10/ person (valid student ID must be presented at check-in | DC: MEDSTU)
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