The New York Academy of Medicine (New York, NY)

Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 10:00 pm EDT
The New York Academy of Medicine 1216 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street New York, NY 10029

The Academy Section on the History of Medicine and Public Health invites you to join us for a special evening of short talks that will address current issues of health, medicine and gender.


Elihu L. Sussman, MD

Adjunct Assistant Professor,

Department of Pediatrics, NYU School of Medicine


Vincent Palusci, MD, MS

Professor of Pediatrics

Department of Pediatrics, NYU School of Medicine    

“A Historical Inquiry into Pediatric Gonococcal Vulvovaginitis”


Karen Langer, PhD

Clinical Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, NYU School of Medicine

Rusk Rehabilitation, NYU Langone Health

“The Early History of Amnesia”


Andrew I. Spielman, DMD, PhD

Professor, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

NYU College of Dentistry

New York Academy of Medicine Fellow

“The Boy with the Golden Tooth”: A 1593 Case Report of the First Molded Gold Crown”


Gerard J. Fitzgerald, PhD

Visiting Scholar, Department of History and Art History

George Mason University

“Babies, Barriers, and Biological Weapons: Public Health Research at LOBUND: 1930-1952”


This event is sponsored by the Academy Section on History of Medicine and Public Health.


This event is FREE and open to the public. Registration is required. Click here to register.