History of Medicine News from Professor Susan L. Smith

Several undergraduate students from the department's history of medicine courses presented papers at the 10th Annual History of Medicine Day.

31 March 2015

McKellarSeveral undergraduate students from the department's history of medicine courses presented papers at the 10th Annual History of Medicine Day event held on March 28, 2015 at the University of Alberta Hospital. Kristina Molin

Cherneski won an award for best undergraduate history paper. This year's keynote speaker was Professor Shelly McKellar of Western University, a specialist in the history of medical technology. Her talk was entitled, "Surgical Transgressions? Michael DeBakey, Denton Cooley and the Controversial Artificial Heart Implant Case of 1969." This annual event is co-sponsored by the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, and the Faculty of Arts.