Thursday, August 28, 2008
Dr. Allan Hamilton
12:00 - 1:00 pm, College of Medicine Classroom 2117
“Do Doctors have any business
worrying about Spirituality”
Dr. Allan Hamilton, author of "The Scalpel and the Soul: Encounters with Surgery, the Supernatural, and the Healing Power of Hope". There will be a book signing following the lecture
A Harvard-educated neurosurgeon reveals his experiences-in and out of the operating room-with apparitions, angels, exorcism, and after-death survival, and shares the lessons he learned. “A young burn victim remains in a coma until a ghost appears. A doctor discovers he can predict when a patient will die. A clinically dead patient later recounts extraordinary details about the private lives of her caregivers. A physician needs the help of a Navajo shaman to exorcise the spirit of his dead patient.” These things really happened-and neurosurgeon Allan J. Hamilton was involved in every one of them, and many more. Based on thirty years of medical experience, “The Scalpel and the Soul” tells the unspoken stories behind remarkable patients and strange events, and shares the moral and spiritual lessons found in them. For physicians, supernatural inklings and intrusions are disturbing. Doctors cannot be candid with colleagues or patients because they are trained to disregard the inexplicable and unbelievable. They’re taught to discount elusive, evanescent powers of the soul. Superstition, omens, and divine spirits smack of madness. But patients have the same experiences. Life-threatening illness or surgery frequently brings dormant spirituality to life. The soul often needs more than intensive care alone can give. “The Scalpel and the Soul” explores how premonition, superstition, hope, and faith not only become factors in how patients feel but can change outcomes; it validates the spiritual manifestations physicians see every day; it empowers patients to voice their spiritual needs when they seek medical help; and, finally, it addresses the mysterious, attractive powers the soul exerts
Tuesday, September 02
Photography Exhibit "Unveiling"
12:00 - 1:00 pm, College of Medicine Admin Lobby
The Spirit of AHSC Portrayed
in Upcoming Photo Installation
"Nogales Outreach" is one of more than 30 images of an exhibit created by photographer Joe Patronite to capture and portray the spirit of AHSC. Sponsored by the Program in Medical Humanities, the exhibit will be installed in the foyer of the College of Medicine Administrative Offices. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
College of Medicine Faculty Teaching Awards
12:00 - 1:00, DuVal Auditorium
Monday, November 17, 2008
College of Medicine Founders Day
12:00 - 1:00, DuVal Auditorium
The University of Arizona College of Medicine was dedicated on November 17, 1967, and the foundation was established for excellence in teaching, research and medical care on behalf of the people of Arizona. Ceremonies before 1,500 guests that day climaxed nearly a decade of effort by Arizonans to build a medical school.
The first 20 years of the University of Arizona College of Medicine have been marked by expansion in programs in every aspect of its mission – teaching, research and community service. Centers of Excellence have evolved, including the Arizona Cancer Center, Children’s Research Center, University Heart Center and Arizona Arthritis Center. The University of Arizona College of Medicine continues to look to its future as it enters its third decade. The foundation for its achievement and potential was firmly laid 20 years ago on November 17, 1967, Founders Day.
