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

Thursday, March 15, 2018, 10:00 pm EDT
The New York Academy of Medicine 1216 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street New York, NY 10029

Please join us for Part I of our Ninth Annual History of Medicine Night taking place at the Academy. This special evening of short talks will address current issues of health, medicine and gender.


History of Medicine Night II will take place on Wednesday, April 25, 2018.


Lloyd I. Sederer, MD

Chief Medical Officer, NYS Office of Mental Health

Adjunct Professor, Columbia/Mailman School of Public Health

Medical Editor for Mental Health, The Huffington Post

“A Brief History of Opioid Use and Abuse in America”


Stephen Yablon, AIA, LEED AP

Stephen Yablon Architecture PLLC


Commissioner Mary T. Bassett, MD, MPH

"Building Health: The History and Future of New York City’s District Health Centers"


Jaipreet Virdi, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of History, University of Delaware

“Living Sound: The Hearing Aid Industry’s Madison Avenue Approach to Public Health, 1940s-1960s”


Cara Fallon

PhD Candidate

Department of the History of Science, Harvard University

“Wrinkles in Time: Old Age, Gender, and Dermatology Research in the Twentieth -Century United States”


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


This event is FREE and  open to the public. Click here to Register.