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Mission Statement

The mission of the Vesalius Society is to foster camaraderie through social events, scholarly development, service, support and encouragement.

Faculty Mentors

  • Brian Miller, Ph.D.
  • Bill Nealon, M.D.
  • Judy Rowen, M.D. (Coordinator)
  • Karen Szauter, M.D.
  • Barbara Thompson, M.D. (Osler Scholar)

Student Mentors

  • Carol Nwelue - 3rd year

News

Vesalius Society Book Club on Wednesday, 9/24/08

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Location: In the loft at Mod's Coffee House (Post Office and 22nd Street, Galveston) Date and Time: Wednesday, September 24th at 5:30 pm

Come to the Vesalius Book club to discuss the fascinating case of Clive Wearing, world-renowned Renaissance musicologist and former conductor for the BBC, who lost most of his memory after a bout of herpes encephalitis. He can now remember only events that happened in the past 30 seconds and is thus in a constant state of "just awakening". Unlike the other contemporary cases of severe amnesia, identified only by the patient's initials, Wearing's disability has been documented in ample public video recordings over the past 23 years. The following book chapter and videos vividly depict his daily struggles and enduring character.

http://books.google.com/books?id=JgOTzYvItVgC&pg=PA14&dq=deborah+wearing&sig=ACfU3U2yqdSw-ChOLllEFp9DsxQpXCxCOQ#PPA14,M1 (pages 14-28)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDNDRDJy-vo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmkiMlvLKto

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymEn_YxZqZw

For more information, please contact Vlad Codrea at vacodrea@utmb.edu.  

Vesalius Society Book Club on August 13!

Friday, July 25, 2008

It's that time again! Time for another Vesalius Society book club! This time we're reading a short excerpt from MonkeyLuv. We are reading Pages 70-88. Meeting at MOD coffee house at 5:30pm. Please contact the Vesalius Society directly for more information.  CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD EXCERPT.

The Vesalius Student Society Book Club is back!!!

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

The Vesalius Student Society Book Club is back!!! We will meet on Wednesday, July 9th at MOD’s Coffee House (corner of 22nd and Post Office) at 5:30pm. A sign will be posted to direct everyone to where we are.

The reading will be a 4-page article from the American Journal of Medicine, “Medical Professionalism and the Generation Gap,” by Lawrence G. Smith, MD. It can be access by clicking on the link on the Vesalius Society webpage, http://www.utmb.edu/Osler/Student-Societies/Vesalius.aspx.

As always, everyone is welcome. Please contact Emily Fisher at emafishe@utmb.edu for more information.

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