Friday, February 19, 2010

AOA Visiting Professorship Scheduled

Dr. Charles M. Bryan, Heyward Gibbes Distinguished Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, is the guest speaker for the University of South Alabama AΩA 2010 Visiting Professorship.

Dr. Bryan’s contributions to medical literature have been focused in the areas of infectious disease and medical history. His work has been published in more than 100 journal articles, 250 editorials, and six books. Dr. Bryan is a Master of the American College of Physicians, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and a Fellow in the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Dr. Bryan attended Harvard College and received his medical degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his residency and fellowship at Vanderbilt University. He is one of the charter members of the USC School of Medicine, where he served as director of the division of infectious diseases and chair of the department of medicine until 2000.

All College of Medicine faculty are invited to attend the following lectures:

Wednesday, Feb. 24 – 1:00 p.m.
Oliver Wendell Holmes: Physician and Man of Letters
USAMC Conference Center

Wednesday, Feb. 24, 6:30 p.m.
Health Care Reform: Will We Ever Get It Right?
Mobile Country Club – Sponsored by the Providence Foundation

Thursday, Feb. 25, 8:00 a.m.
AOA Visiting Professorship Lecture (CME – approved)
Aequanimitas Redux: The Relevance of William Osler
USAMC Conference Center

Thursday, Feb. 25, 3:00 p.m.
Building Character: How and When for Today’s Physicians
Main Campus Library Conference Center