The Chicago Area Medical Archivists are pleased to announce this year's program for CAMA's Annual Medical History Symposium. This year's symposium will be hosted by the American College of Surgeons, Thursday, October 31. Be sure to note the 9:30 a.m. start time for presentations for this very full program. The day ends with a Halloween-friendly finish.
2013 Chicago Area Medical Archivists Symposium
Oct 31, 2013
American College of Surgeons
633 N. St. Clair Street
28th Floor Board of Regents Room
**Please RSVP to Kevin O’Brien (kevinm@uic.edu)**
Schedule
8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. coffee /networking hour
9:30 a.m.-12:30 pm. presentations
12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. lunch (on your own)
1:30 – 4:30 p.m. - Presentations
Program
"Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science: An Overview of the First Century"
Kelly Reiss, Feet First Exhibition and Archives Coordinator, Rosalind Franklin University Medicine and Science
"In Harm's Way: Nurses' Exposure to Radiation in the Early Twentieth Century"
Brigid Lusk, PhD, UIC Nursing History Resource Center
"Patient Safety: Physicians and Librarians - Partners in Change"
Holly Burt, MLIS, AHIP
"Lloyd M. Nyhus, MD, FACS : Surgeon, Mentor Visionary"
Donald Wood, MD, FACS, UIC Department of Surgery
"Two sisters: The Drs. Riddle Against the World"
Catherine Arnott Smith, PhD, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin
"The Little Old Lady in Black: The Hospital Haunting of Edith Patterson"
Susan Sacharski, Archivist, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
