Mark your calendar: Randall W. Powell Endowed Memorial Lectureship

Mary L. Brandt, M.D., M.Div.

The 2023 Randall W. Powell Endowed Memorial Lectureship in Pediatric Surgery, hosted by the Department of Surgery, will feature Mary L. Brandt, M.D., M.Div., FACS, FAAP, Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics and Medical Ethics at Baylor College of Medicine. 

Brandt will present the first lecture, “It’s More Than Standing Up Straight … Ergonomics in Surgery,” on Thursday, Nov. 2, at 4:30 p.m. at the Strada Patient Care Center conference room and via Zoom: southalabama.zoom.us/j/91925296690.  

The second lecture, “Belonging: The Key to Changing the Culture of Medicine,” will be presented on Friday, Nov. 3, at 7 a.m. in the second-floor conference room at University Hospital and via Zoom: southalabama.zoom.us/j/91925296690. 

The lectureship is named in honor of the late Randall Powell, M.D., former professor of surgery and pediatrics at the Whiddon College of Medicine, who passed away in 2017. 

Both lectures are CME accredited. For more information, contact the Department of Surgery at 251-445-8230.