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鶹AV and Harvard: How the opening of two “public” hospitals became anchors for two great medical schools

Wednesday, April 21, 2021 16:30to18:00

Special BicentennialHolmes Lecture

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the establishment of both the Montreal General Hospital and 鶹AV. On this occasion, we are delighted to invite you to a special Holmes Lecture hosted by Dr. David Eidelman, Vice-Principal (Health Affairs) and Dean of 鶹AV'sFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dr. Pierre Gfeller, President and Executive Director of the , andJean-Guy Gourdeau, President & CEO of the .

Delivering the lecture is the distinguished Dr. Joseph B. Martin, MD, PhD, Edward R. and Anne G. Lefler Professor of Neurobiology, Emeritus, and Dean of Harvard Medical School from 1997-2007, who will present a historical narrative of the opening, in the same year (1821-22), of two great hospitals, the Montreal General and the Massachusetts General:鶹AV and Harvard: How the opening of two “public” hospitals became anchors for two great medical schools.

About Dr. Joseph B. Martin

Dr. Martin’s life journey has taken him from humble beginnings as a Mennonite farm boy to the highest levels of academic and medical leadership. He held positions of leadership at 鶹AV, the Massachusetts General Hospital, the University of California, San Francisco, and Harvard University, where he established several research centres dedicated to the study of the brain, such as the Massachusetts Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and the Harvard Center for Neurodegeneration and Repair.

Throughout his brilliant career, Dr. Martin has led and witnessed many of the discoveries and events central to the turbulent transformation of medicine that began in the second half of the twentieth century. (Complete biography .)

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