Innagural Narrative Rounds
December 7th, 2011, 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
145 Community Drive, Conference Rooms 1 & 2
Dr. Robert Klitzman, Author of "When Doctors Become Patients"*
Sponsored by the North Shore-LIJ Health System and the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School Of Medicine
as well the Osler Society of New York
*As per book review on Amazon.com:
For many doctors, their role as powerful healer precludes thoughts of ever getting sick themselves. When they do, it initiates a profound shift of awareness-- not only in their sense of their selves, which is invariably bound up with the "invincible doctor" role, but in the way that they view their patients and the doctor-patient relationship. While some books have been written from first-person perspectives on doctors who get sick-- by Oliver Sacks among them-- and TV shows like "House" touch on the topic, never has there been a "systematic, integrated look" at what the experience is like for doctors who get sick, and what it can teach us about our current health care system and more broadly, the experience of becoming ill.
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Thursday Evening, October 27th
The Rust Auditoriurm
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A Unique Osler Society/NSUH-Manhasset Event
In Honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Combining Medicine, Science, the Arts, Music and History
Featured Speakers:
- Dr. Lora Weiselberg , Chief of the Breast Cancer Service,
Monter Cancer Center, "Breast Cancer, Past, Present and Future".
- Oncologist, Dr. Frank Arena and writer Tanya Manuali, Ph.D. co-authors of the book,
"Reflections of the Breast; Breast Cancer in Art Through the Centuries"
- Dr. Ron Israeli, Plastic Surgeon and Sculptor, who provided a debut of his exhibit
entitled "Breast Reconstruction - Restoring Wholeness"
Musical Performances by:
Dr. David Edelson, Dr. Isadore Horowitz, Dr. James D’Olimpio, Dr. Kenneth Rosenthal and Dr. Joph Steckel.
The event was followed by a buffet dinner with further discussion and camaraderie, additional musical performances and a book signing by Drs. Arena and Manuali.
Proceeds were donated to the North Shore-LIJ Health System's
Cancer Institute.
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Monday, May 23rd - 6:00 p.m.
At the Feinstein Institute Conference Center
At the Feinstein Institute Conference Center
"Medical Ethics and Frankenstein's Monster"
Guest Speaker Ira Kodner, M.D.
"A National Figure in Medicine"
Director of the Washington University Center for the Study of Ethics and Human Values
Past President, American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
Past Director, American Board of Surgery
"A National Figure in Medicine"
Director of the Washington University Center for the Study of Ethics and Human Values
Past President, American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
Past Director, American Board of Surgery
Refreshments were provided courtesy of E&M Catering.
Arriving guests were entertained by Dr. James D’Olimpio, Director of Supportive and Palliative Oncology, NSUH, who performed jazz selections on the piano.
The evening was hosted by Dr. Andrew Menzin, Associate Chief of Gynecologic Oncology and Residency Program Director of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, NSUH.
Introductions were made by Drs. Gene Coppa, Chairman of Surgery, NSUH-LIJ Medical Center, Ernesto Molmenti, Professor of Surgery and Director of the Transplant Program, NSHS, as well as
Martin Edelstein of the Osler Steering Committee.
Following Dr. Kodner’s talk there was a “Celebratory Dinner” at the Inn of Great Neck for the
Guest Speaker, House Officers and Attending Physicians.
Photography for the event was provided by John J. D’Olimpio (son of Dr. James).
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REVOLUTION, ART, MEDICINE & HEALING
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine
Monday Evening, March 14, 2011
This was an initial meeting exclusively for physician painters, sculptors, photographers, writers, and poets at the home of Suzanne and Dr. James D'Olimpio, Director of Supportive and Palliative Care at the Monter Cancer Center of NS-LIJ.
Soweto Art: From the Collection of Les and Violet Payne
Professor of Psychiatry and Lecturer on Bioethics and HumanitiesDate: April 14, 2011
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Location: Hofstra University Museum
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Time: 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Location: Hofstra University Museum
Welcoming Remarks: Beth Levinthal, Exective Director of Hofstra University Museum
Featured Presentation: The Soweto Uprising: Bearing Witness to History Through Reportage
and Art by Les and Violet Payne. Mr. Payne is a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter at Newsday.
Art and Medicine: Art and Observation: Improving Physicians Skills.
Nancy Richner, Museum Education Director.
Dinner and Discussion
Anzio Road 1970: A Protest Sonnet Against Apartheid composed by Dr. Lucien Nochomovitz.
Read by Dr. Shirley Papilsky, Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst, North Shore-LIJ Health System.
Medical Care in the Face of a Disaster: NSUH Resident Dr. Alain Berthold spoke about his experience in Haiti, 2010
Traditional Healers, Lessons for Doctors in the 21st Century: Dr. Tochi Iroku-Malize, Attending Physician, Southside Hospital.
Featured Presentation: The Soweto Uprising: Bearing Witness to History Through Reportage
and Art by Les and Violet Payne. Mr. Payne is a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter at Newsday.
Art and Medicine: Art and Observation: Improving Physicians Skills.
Nancy Richner, Museum Education Director.
Dinner and Discussion
Anzio Road 1970: A Protest Sonnet Against Apartheid composed by Dr. Lucien Nochomovitz.
Read by Dr. Shirley Papilsky, Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst, North Shore-LIJ Health System.
Medical Care in the Face of a Disaster: NSUH Resident Dr. Alain Berthold spoke about his experience in Haiti, 2010
Traditional Healers, Lessons for Doctors in the 21st Century: Dr. Tochi Iroku-Malize, Attending Physician, Southside Hospital.
Followed by Questions & Answers With Invited Speakers
Evening Chairs were Drs. Martin Edelstein, Sam Packer, and Tanveer Mir
Evening Chairs were Drs. Martin Edelstein, Sam Packer, and Tanveer Mir
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Interdisciplinary Narrative Medicine Rounds
North Shore University Hospital - Rust Auditorium
Interdisciplinary Narrative Medicine Rounds
North Shore University Hospital - Rust Auditorium
Guest Speaker Ronald Pies, M.D.
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine
A unique and inspiring evening with Dr. Ronald Pies, a practicing doctor, New York Times columnist, academician, teacher, philosopher, textbook author, poet, and writer.
This event was attended by physicians, house-staff, nurses, health professionals, medical educators, hospital administrators, clergy, social workers, PA's, and others.
The program was sponsored by the NS-LIJ Health System, the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, as well as the Osler Society of New York.
This event was attended by physicians, house-staff, nurses, health professionals, medical educators, hospital administrators, clergy, social workers, PA's, and others.
The program was sponsored by the NS-LIJ Health System, the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, as well as the Osler Society of New York.
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This was an initial meeting exclusively for physician painters, sculptors, photographers, writers, and poets at the home of Suzanne and Dr. James D'Olimpio, Director of Supportive and Palliative Care at the Monter Cancer Center of NS-LIJ.
For painters, sculptors, and photographers, this was an opportunity to meet, network, and brainstorm about various possibilities, including;
- An annual exhibit
- Mini exhibits at various Osler lectures and events which take place during the year
- Art and photo displays at various Health System buildings
- The inclusion of photographs and photos of works of art, as part of an annual literary publication
For writers, and poets, this was an opportunity to get to know each other, network and brainstorm about;
- The organization of an annual event with readings and book-signings
- Participation at various Osler lectures and events which take place during the course of the year
- The publication of an annual literary review
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Thursday Evening, March 10, 2011
This was an initial meeting exclusively for physician-musicians at the home of Julianne and Dr. Louis Kavoussi, Chair of Urology of the NSHS. The Society has been able to identify physician pianists, violinists, guitarists, percussionists, clarinetists, singers, keyboard players, and others. The evening was an initial opportunity to get together, network, jam and brainstorm about various possibilities, e.g.,
This was an initial meeting exclusively for physician-musicians at the home of Julianne and Dr. Louis Kavoussi, Chair of Urology of the NSHS. The Society has been able to identify physician pianists, violinists, guitarists, percussionists, clarinetists, singers, keyboard players, and others. The evening was an initial opportunity to get together, network, jam and brainstorm about various possibilities, e.g.,
- An annual concert and/or holiday concerts.
- Musical performances at each Osler lecture/event
- Organizing "Play-for-Patients" performances e.g., at the CECR, Cohen's Children's' Hospital, the Palliative Care Unit, etc.
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Sunday, December 5, 2010, 12:00-3:00 p.m.
Art and Medicine: The Civil War
The Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn, New York
A Four-Tierd Holiday Event
Hosted by Dr. Martin Edelstein, OSNY Steering Committee
A Four-Tierd Holiday Event
Hosted by Dr. Martin Edelstein, OSNY Steering Committee
· A privately guided tour of “The Civil War in Paintings” by artist Mort Kunstler, “the Dean of American History Painters”, capturing the sights, feelings and drama of this era with immortal figures such as Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Abraham Lincoln.
· Lunch of assorted sandwiches and salads catered by Graces Marketplace, NYC.
· A discourse on “Medicine in the Civil War” by Dr. Alfred Jay Bollet, a national figure in medicine, who has served as Professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia, Clinical Professor of Medicine at Yale, as well as Chair of the Dept. of Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia and at SUNY Downstate.
· Dessert reception with book signings by both Mr. Kunstler and Dr. Bollet, author of “Civil War Medicine, Challenges and Triumphs.”
This event was attended by Osler Society members, their spouses, children, and friends, in addition to other interested members of the general public.
Dr. Bollet is a physician and civil war scholar who has researched and written about a wide variety of topics in civil war medicine, including; the introduction of anesthesia, the evolution of general hospitals, advances and innovations in surgery and nursing, the special status of “captured” physicians, the contributions of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Bowditch, Austin Flint, Samuel Gross and others, the death toll from epidemic disease vs. battle casualties, the contributions of Clara Barton who later founded the Red Cross, the work of poet Walt Whitman who attended to the sick and wounded, as well as the medical issues surrounding the deaths of Stonewall Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, and others.
“We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation…shall have a new birth of freedom-and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg, November 19, 1863.
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Monday, June 21, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.
"An enchanting summer celebration of physicianship, medicine, history and the arts" with a national and international figure in medicine.
Dr. John L. Cameron, the Blalock Professor of Surgery at
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Past President, American College of Surgeons
Editor, Current Surgical Therapy
In New York to deliver the Cushing Lecture, Dr. Cameron spoke to an overflow audience of the Society, friends and guests, about a remarkable figure in American Medicine, whose career highlights included the Battle of Gettysburg, designing the Johns Hopkins Hospital, establishing Index Medicus and even developing the New York Public Library!
In keeping with the Osler Society's Mission as a "Crossroads of Medicine and the Arts", the program featured a live bagpipe performance, by John McGrath, and an opportunity to join with colleagues, spouses, and friends for a "Celebratory Dinner" at the adjoining Feinstein Institute. Adding to the festivities of the evening, there was a presentation on Scottish brews by Spike McClure, a Senior Master of Whiskey.
Gourmet catering was provided by two highly rated restaurants, Lola (www.restaurantlola.com) which has been referred to as "clearly the best kitchen on Long Island"; and for people with vegetarian preferences, TLV (www.tlvrestaurant.com), described as "an oasis of serious food".
The event was presented in association with the Department of Surgery of the North Shore-LIJ Health System.
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Tuesday Evening, May 25, 2010
Feinstein Institute, Manhasset
"Professionalism, Humanism, and Henderson's Equation"...
keeping the dream alive
"Professionalism, Humanism, and Henderson's Equation"...
keeping the dream alive
With Dr. Jerome Lowenstein, Professor of Medicine, Founder and Director of the Humanistic Aspects of Medical Education Program at NYU.
Presented in association with the Ethics Committee of the North Shore-LIJ Health System.
In addition to his numerous academic and scientific articles, nephrologist, Dr. Jerome Lowenstein has written and lectured extensively about humanism and professionalism in medicine. He is the author of “The Midnight Meal and other Essays About Doctors Patients, and Medicine” and serves as the publisher of the Bellevue Literary Review. His most recent book is entitled “Henderson’s Equation”. Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Lowenstein has been presented with the Distinguished Teaching Award at NYU, as well as the Leonard Tow Award for Humanism in Medicine. The lecture was followed by a "Celebratory Dinner" at the Feinstein Institute, during which there was a lively audience discussion and exchange about professionalism in medicine.
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Sunday, April 18, 2010, 10:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Brunch at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York City
“A Combined Meeting of Oxford University Medical Alumni and the
Osler Society of New York”
Osler Society of New York”
Narrative Medicine: Addressing the Challenges of Medical Education,
Physician Renewal, Effective Patient Care and EHRs”
Physician Renewal, Effective Patient Care and EHRs”
The program featured Dr. Rita Charon, a National and International figure in medicine who addressed a number of significant issues confronting medical practice. Her lecture was complemented by readings of poetry and narrative prose, a violin recital, a book signing, as well as a "Celebratory Dinner" with the speaker.
Rita Charon, M.D., PhD., is Professor of Clinical Medicine, and Director and Founder of the Program in Narrative Medicine at the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. She received her M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School, a Fellowship in General Internal Medicine from Presbyterian Hospital and a Master’s Degree followed by a Ph.D. in English Literature from Columbia University.
Dr. Charon has served as editor-in-chief of Literature and Medicine and has published articles in a wide variety of journals including: the NEJM, JAMA, Lancet, Neurology, Academic Medicine, and the Annals of Internal Medicine. She has contributed several book chapters and authored several books, including: Narrative Medicine: Honoring the Stories of Illness, NY: Oxford University Press.
In keeping with the Osler Society's mission as "A Crossroads of Medicine and the Arts" guests were welcomed by a violin recital from Dr. Isidore Horowitz, a practicing internist, who also treated the audience to a brief explanation about human auditory perception of music.
Following this, Hal Sirowitz, a former American Poet Laureate read selections from two of his books "Mother Said" and "Father Said", and recited a touching poem about Parkinson's disease which will be included in one of his future anthologies.
After Dr. Charon's talk and the question and answer period, there was a moving and dramatic recital of poetry written and delivered by Dr. Lucien Nochomovitz, a practicing pathologist and Vice-Chair at NSUH.
Concluding the evening's presentation on Narrative Medicine, Melanie Mund, a third year medical student read an inspirational story about Sir William Osler from Bliss' biography. It described Osler's loving care of a sick child, exemplifying the healing art of medicine "in its finest flower".
This was followed with book signings by Dr. Charon and Hal Sirowitz, then a "Celebratory Dinner" at the Inn at Great Neck.
In keeping with the Osler Society's mission as "A Crossroads of Medicine and the Arts" guests were welcomed by a violin recital from Dr. Isidore Horowitz, a practicing internist, who also treated the audience to a brief explanation about human auditory perception of music.
Following this, Hal Sirowitz, a former American Poet Laureate read selections from two of his books "Mother Said" and "Father Said", and recited a touching poem about Parkinson's disease which will be included in one of his future anthologies.
After Dr. Charon's talk and the question and answer period, there was a moving and dramatic recital of poetry written and delivered by Dr. Lucien Nochomovitz, a practicing pathologist and Vice-Chair at NSUH.
Concluding the evening's presentation on Narrative Medicine, Melanie Mund, a third year medical student read an inspirational story about Sir William Osler from Bliss' biography. It described Osler's loving care of a sick child, exemplifying the healing art of medicine "in its finest flower".
This was followed with book signings by Dr. Charon and Hal Sirowitz, then a "Celebratory Dinner" at the Inn at Great Neck.
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October 20, 2009 at 6:00 pm
"Gifted Hands: America’s Most Significant Contributions to Surgery".
A lecture, book-signing and “Celebratory Dinner “ with Dr. Seymour Schwartz, world renowned surgeon and author of Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery, the textbook used in medical schools, which continues as a standard reference work for surgeons in practice. Initially published in 1969, this textbook has gone through seven editions and translations, selling over 500,000 copies and is reminiscent of Osler’s Principles and Practice of Medicine, which was published from 1892 to the 1940s.
Dr. Schwartz has served as Distinguished Alumni Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY. He was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Chair of the Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons, as well as President of the College. Dr. Schwartz is widely regarded as a "Renaissance man", being equally renowned as an expert historian in cartography and author of several books on the subject, including "Putting America on the Map: The Story of the Most Important Graphic Document in the History of the United States”. He has served on the board of directors of the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, and on the board of the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress. It comes as no surprise that he has often been referred to as "the best known person in American surgery."
His latest book, Gifted Hands, adds one more work to his distinguished output. It is a romantic and insightful look at surgery and surgeons in America, from pre-Colombian and colonial times to the present day. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Faculty Neurosurgeon at the Emory Clinic, and Chief Medical Correspondent for CNN, has commented, "Surgery has had a rough and sometimes gritty past, but it was always hopeful, and that message runs through loud and clear in Gifted Hands. There is no question that this is a book about heroes. They are compassionate intellectuals who forever changed the course of our medical history. Make no mistake; Seymour Schwartz is one of them".
As people entered the auditorium for the lecture, they were greeted by the piano virtuoso of Dr. Michael Errico, an orthopedist with "Gifted Hands", who is on staff at NSUH, SFH, and the Hospital for Special Surgery.
A "Celebratory Dinner" was held at the Feinstein Institute, where Dr. Errico treated the audience to a piano recital and there was an opportunity for a further exchange with Dr. Schwartz.
As people entered the auditorium for the lecture, they were greeted by the piano virtuoso of Dr. Michael Errico, an orthopedist with "Gifted Hands", who is on staff at NSUH, SFH, and the Hospital for Special Surgery.
A "Celebratory Dinner" was held at the Feinstein Institute, where Dr. Errico treated the audience to a piano recital and there was an opportunity for a further exchange with Dr. Schwartz.
The event was attended by physicians, their spouses, family members and friends, in addition to members of the general public.
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September 22, 2009 at 6:00 p.m.
"Possible Connection Between The Tuberculosis Epidemic Of The 1800’s and Our Present Epidemic Of The Metabolic Syndrome"
A lecture and “Celebratory Dinner” with Dr. Jesse Roth, Professor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, who began his distinguished career as a Fellow, working under Nobel Prize Laureate, Roslyn Yalow. Dr. Roth later served for over two decades in a leadership capacity at the National Institutes of Health and for a time as Assistant Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service. Following this, Dr. Roth was appointed Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Director of the Johns Hopkins Center on Aging. He is a past-president of the American
Society for Clinical Investigation and has won numerous honors and awards, including several honorary doctorates. Dr. Roth has published more than 400 articles, some of which have been declared "citation classics" and he has been listed by Current Content as "one of the most cited authors" on multiple occasions.
Society for Clinical Investigation and has won numerous honors and awards, including several honorary doctorates. Dr. Roth has published more than 400 articles, some of which have been declared "citation classics" and he has been listed by Current Content as "one of the most cited authors" on multiple occasions.
With 2009 marking the 200th Anniversary of Darwin’s birth, Dr. Roth gave a fascinating lecture on his "Darwinian-like" hypothesis as to how the epidemic of tuberculosis in the 19th century might have evolved into the epidemic of obesity and the metabolic syndrome in the latter half of the 20th century. In June 2009, JAMA published his very scholarly article on the subject as a three page Commentary.
During the lecture, he pointed out how in the 19th Century, tuberculosis, the "white plague", killed an estimated 100 million people. Some famous people diagnosed with tuberculosis included: Voltaire, Goethe, Keats, Elizabeth Barret Browning, Edgar Allen Poe, Paganini, Chopin, Kafka, George Orwell, Robert Louis Stevenson, Gaugin, Modigliani, Andrew Jackson, Ulysses Grant, Florence Nightingale, as well as Rene Laennec, the great French physician and inventor of the stethoscope.
To highlight the tragedy of tuberculosis and in keeping with the spirit of the Osler Society as "A Crossroads of Medicine, the Arts, Humanism and Ethics", the audience was entertained by a live piano recital of Chopin ( who died of TB ) and by live performances of operatic music from La Boheme and La Traviata, sung by soprano, Anne Tormela. She performed the famous aria in which the heroine and central character, Mimi, sings her swan song before dying of "consumption" (TB)
The lecture and recitals were followed by a "Celebratory Dinner", with the opportunity for further discussion and commentary, as well as additional musical performances. With regard to 2009 being the 200th Anniversary of Darwin's birth, it was pointed out during the discussion, that Osler's father would have served on Darwin's ship, the Beagle, were it not for his need to return home to England because of his mother's illness. The audience was also reminded that Sir William Osler became one of the founders of the National Tuberculous Association and even served as the very first Vice-President of this organization.
