Visiting Lecture in Medical Humanities
Thank you for joining us for the 15th Annual S. Amjad Hussain, M.D. Visiting Lecture in Medical Humanities.
Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024
5 p.m. Refreshments
5:30 p.m. Lecture
Health Education Building, Room HEB 11O
Health Science Campus
CME credit available
“An intrepid journey through the past, present and future of global child health”
Dr. Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Ph.D., MBBS, FRCPCH, FAAP, FRS, is the Robert Harding Inaugural Chair in Global Child Health and Policy at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, and the Co-Director of the SickKids Centre for Global Child Health. He is also the Distinguished University Professor and Founding Director of the Institute for Global Health and Development and the Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, at the Aga Khan University, unique joint appointments. He holds adjunct professorships at several leading Universities globally including the Schools of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore), George Washington University (DC), Boston University School of Public Health, as well as the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Dr. Bhutta has played a pivotal role in global health initiatives, including serving on the UN Secretary General’s Independent Expert Review Group (iERG) and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (Gavi) Board. He has published 10 books, over 150 book chapters, and 1,385 indexed publications to date, making him one of the most highly cited global health academics. Dr. Bhutta has been admitted to the National Academy of Medicine and elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society. His numerous accolades include the Canada 150 Medal, the Roux Prize (2021), the Gairdner Global Health Award (2022), and the Nils Rosén von Rosenstein Medal (2024).
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About the lecture
The lecture was created in honor of Dr. Hussain, an award-winning writer and photographer, an internationally known explorer, a teacher-researcher and a distinguished thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon. Dr. Hussain holds emeritus professorships in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, as well as humanities at The University of Toledo.
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2023 Lecture
Dr. Rita Charon, general internist and literary scholar and one of the founders of the field of narrative medicine, presented "Narrative Power in Health: Inquiry, Equity, and Care" as part of 14th Annual S. Amjad Hussain, M.D. Visiting Lecture in Medical Humanities on Oct. 26, 2023. Read her interview with UToledo News.
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Narrative Powers toward Medicine’s Ideals on Knowledge Stream
2022 Lecture
Dr. Mohammed A. Fadlalla, Academic Internal Medicine Hospitalist at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, presented "A Doctor's Humanitarian Journey" as part of 13th Annual S. Amjad Hussain, M.D. Visiting Lecture in Medical Humanities. The lecture was held Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Read his interview with UToledo News.
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Past Hussain Lectures
- 2009 Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D. Surgery of the Heart
- 2010 Joel Howell, M.D. Medicine and the Arts: Exploring How the Arts Can Help Us Understand Health and Illness
- 2011 S. Amjad Hussain, M.D. A Journey from M*A*S*H to the Black Swamp: Life and Works of John Howard, M.D.
- 2012 Maurice Manning, Ph.D., D.Sc. A Confluence of Science, Journalism and Civic Leadership: The Rich Legacy of Paul Block Jr.
- 2013 Wendy Moore. The Knife Man: Life and Times of John Hunter (1728-93): Anatomist, Surgeon, Researcher and Patron of Body Snatchers
- 2014 Peter W. Kaplan, M.D. Electricity and the Brain — From Mary Shelley’s Dr. Frankenstein to Now
- 2015 Robert Bartlett, M.D. Romance, Science and the White Plague
- 2016 Powel Kazanjian, M.D., Ph.D. The Origins of Bacteriology in America: Life and Works of Frederick Novy
- 2017 Azra Raza, M.D. History of Cancer Research: Why Patients are Still Dying for a Cure
- 2018 Ann Berger, M.D., M.S.N. The Importance of Psychosocial Spiritual Healing in Healthcare
- 2019 Syed Taasnim Raza, M.D. Hippocrates to Heart Surgery: Renaissance and the Transformation of Medicine
- 2020 Canceled due to COVID-19
- 2021 Paul Haidet, M.D., M.P.H. The Challenges of Interprofessional Practice: Lessons Learned from the World of Jazz
- 2022 Mohammed A. Fadlalla, M.D. A Doctor’s Humanitarian Journey
- 2023 Rita Charon, M.D., Ph.D. Narrative Power in Health: Inquiry, Equity and Care
- 2024 Zulfiqar A. Bhutta FRS, Ph.D., M.B.B.S. An intrepid journey through the past, present and future of global child health