Casual Conversation April 25th, 2022 with Dr. Paul Offit

On Monday, April 25 at 4:30 pm, Paul Offit, M.D., Baltimore native, will be our guest at a Casual Conversation.  He is Director of the Vaccine Education Center and professor of pediatrics in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He is the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition, Dr.

Casual Conversation with Professor Kallie Willets '99 on April 3, 2022

It is time to turn away from literature, sports, and religion (and a lot of physicians and lawyers) to take a dive into the world of high-end research chemistry.  Temple University Professor Katherine (Kallie) Willets, Dartmouth Class of ’99, daughter of our classmate and class officer Rick Willets, has agreed to spend an afternoon with us on Sunday, April 3 at 3 pm (Eastern) for a Casual Conv

THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCURATE BLOOD PRESSURE VALUES

On February 27th, classmate Bruce Alpert, MD led us in a Casual Conversation about the importance of proper measurement of blood pressure. Here is the core document he shared as part of the event. All of us should read it, and perhaps bring a copy with us to our medical appointments to share with our clinicians:

 

THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCURATE BLOOD PRESSURE VALUES

Casual Conversion with Professor Diana Schaub on March 29, 2022

On Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at 4:30 pm Eastern Time (US), Professor Diana Schaub will be speaking with us at a Casual Conversation.  Professor Schaub, who teaches at Loyola University of Maryland (just a few miles down Charles Street from where I live), has written a book on three of Abraham Lincoln’s speeches: address before the Springfield Lyceum in 1838, The Gettysburg Address in November 1863 and The Second Inaugural Addre