His lecture, titled “Medicine in Art,” will be held on Friday, April 13, 2018, at the Strada Patient Care Center Conference Room. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m., and the presentation will begin at noon.
A longstanding member of the USA College of Medicine faculty, Dr. Rodning will discuss the validity of integrating the scientific, humanistic, and artistic domains of intellectual endeavor into the patient-physician relationship to achieve patient healing. Eight classic, timeless, and iconic Occidental frescoes, etchings, or paintings will be discussed vis-á-vis how each informs human nature, the human condition, the philosophy of the artist and the culture from which each emerged.
Dr. Rodning earned his medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in Rochester, N.Y., and a Ph.D. in anatomy from the University of Minnesota Health Sciences Center in Minneapolis. He also completed his residency training in general surgery at the University of Minnesota.
He served as a Commander in the United States Navy Medical Corps and was assigned to United States Naval Regional Medical Center in Okinawa, Japan. He is also past president of the Medical Society of Mobile County and of the Alabama Chapter of the American College of Surgeons.
The Med School Café lecture and lunch are provided free of charge, but reservations are required. For more information or to make reservations, please contact Kim Partridge at (251) 460-7770 or kepartridge@health.southalabama.edu.
