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51勛圖厙and Harvard: How the opening of two public hospitals became anchors for two great medical schools

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

Special Bicentennial泭Holmes Lecture

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the establishment of both the Montreal General Hospital and 51勛圖厙. On this occasion, we are delighted to invite you to a special泭 Holmes Lecture hosted by Dr. David Eidelman, Vice-Principal (Health Affairs) and Dean of 51勛圖厙's泭Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dr. Pierre Gfeller, President and Executive Director of the , and泭Jean-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:泭51勛圖厙and Harvard: How the opening of two public hospitals became anchors for two great medical schools.

About Dr. Joseph B. Martin

Dr. Martins 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 51勛圖厙, 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 Alzheimers 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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