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
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Sep 20, 2013
Feb 1, 2013
Event: Celebrating the Legacy of Provident Hospital and Training School at CSU
-Submitted by Aaisha Haykal, University Archivist at Chicago State University. This event will feature a presentation by CAMA's own Ron Sims, Special Collections Librarian at the Galter Health Sciences Library- Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. This event also offers an opportunity to tour the Archives and Special Collections of CSU. There is also a reception following the program.
You are cordially invited to Black Self-Determination through Health Care and Nursing: The Provident Hospital Training School half-day conference, which celebrates the Legacy of Provident Hospital and Training School on Friday, February 8, 2013, at the Chicago State University Library (4th floor). This half-day conference is sponsored by the Chicago State University Archives and Special Collections and Chicago State University Library. (See details below.)
This event is free and open to the public, parking on campus is $5.00.
Please RSVP to Aaisha Haykal via e-mail at ahaykal [at] csu [dot] edu or phone at 773-995-3843.
You are cordially invited to Black Self-Determination through Health Care and Nursing: The Provident Hospital Training School half-day conference, which celebrates the Legacy of Provident Hospital and Training School on Friday, February 8, 2013, at the Chicago State University Library (4th floor). This half-day conference is sponsored by the Chicago State University Archives and Special Collections and Chicago State University Library. (See details below.)
11:30
Registration/ Coffee
12:00-1:45
Black Hospitals, Black Nurses, and Provident Hospital Luncheon---4th Floor Atrium
Speakers:
· Lisa Young, Director, Wellness/Health Center at
Chicago State University
· Ronald Sims, Special Collections Librarian at the
Galter Health Sciences Library- Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern
University “Daniel Hale Williams, MD: His Legacy of African-American Interns at
Provident Hospital…the Northwestern Experience”
· Dr. Burlean Burris, Author and Graduate of Provident
Nursing School
· Dr. Carol Alexander, President and CAO of Coalition of
African American Nurses
-Break
2:00-4:00 Panel Discussion Status of Black Health Care and Health Education in Chicago---Auditorium
Speakers:
· Dr. Regina
Conway-Phillips, Assistant Professor at the Niehoff School of Nursing Loyola University-Chicago
· Dr. Jorge
Alberto Girotti, Associate Dean & Director Admissions, Special Curricular
Programs at University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
·Thomas Lyons, Director, HIV/AIDS Research and Policy Institute and Assistant
Professor in the Department of Health Studies at Chicago State University
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Tour of Archives and Special Collections/ Exhibit (4th and 3rd floor)
4:30- Reception
Sunroom
This event is free and open to the public, parking on campus is $5.00.
Please RSVP to Aaisha Haykal via e-mail at ahaykal [at] csu [dot] edu or phone at 773-995-3843.
Oct 22, 2012
Event: CAMA Medical Symposium 2012
This Friday, October 26, the Chicago Area Medical Archivists are hosting their tenth CAMA Medical Symposium. Please join us for this wonderful program.
Please RSVP to RNSMS@northwestern.edu or 312.503.1913
Lurie Children's Hospital
225 East Chicago Avenue
16th Floor Conference Room
9 a.m. Coffee Hour
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. – Presentations
12 – 1:15 p.m. – Lunch on your own
1:30 – 4:30 p.m. - Presentations
PROGRAM
History of the University of Chicago Hospitals
Mindy Schwartz, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Dr. Lucy A. Gaynor, Advocate for Children—Nanking China, 1892-1912
Anatomy, Pathology and Infection Risks of Foot Binding
Mary Groll, MD, Instructor of Pediatrics
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Amy Whalen, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
History of the American College of Surgeons
David Nahrwold, MD, Professor Emeritus of Surgery
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Dr. Davis’ Hollywood Connection
Diane Friedman, RN, MSN, Instructor
Marian University School of Nursing, Indianapolis Indiana
History of Children’s Hospital
Stanford Shulman, MD, Professor of Pediatrics
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Please RSVP to RNSMS@northwestern.edu or 312.503.1913
Lurie Children's Hospital
225 East Chicago Avenue
16th Floor Conference Room
9 a.m. Coffee Hour
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. – Presentations
12 – 1:15 p.m. – Lunch on your own
1:30 – 4:30 p.m. - Presentations
PROGRAM
History of the University of Chicago Hospitals
Mindy Schwartz, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Dr. Lucy A. Gaynor, Advocate for Children—Nanking China, 1892-1912
Anatomy, Pathology and Infection Risks of Foot Binding
Mary Groll, MD, Instructor of Pediatrics
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Amy Whalen, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
History of the American College of Surgeons
David Nahrwold, MD, Professor Emeritus of Surgery
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Dr. Davis’ Hollywood Connection
Diane Friedman, RN, MSN, Instructor
Marian University School of Nursing, Indianapolis Indiana
History of Children’s Hospital
Stanford Shulman, MD, Professor of Pediatrics
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
May 4, 2012
Exhibit Opening: Rosalind Franklin University, May 10
Submitted by CAMA member, Kelly Reiss, Feet
First Exhibition and Archives Coordinator at Rosalind Franklin University:
Rosalind Franklin University invites you to a reception celebrating the opening of a new exhibit:
Views from the Past and Present: The Buildings of Rosalind Franklin University
This is an exciting time for Rosalind Franklin University as it celebrates its centennial.
Learn more about the school and its long legacy here:
Please
join the RFUMS community for a reception to open this exhibit of images
and artifacts from 100 years of the University’s learning environment.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Feet First Exhibition Hall
3333 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL 60064
3333 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL 60064
The exhibit will run through August 3, 2012.
For more information call 847.578.8417 or email kelly.reiss@rosalindfranklin.edu
Apr 23, 2012
Book Release Event: The Historic Medical Campus at the University of Illinois at Chicago
-Submitted by CAMA member, Kevin O'Brien:
You are invited to an event celebrating the release of The Historic Medical Campus at the University of Illinois at Chicago by Eileen Tanner.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
UIC Library of the Health Sciences
Special Collections Department (Room 320)
1750 W. Polk St.
312-996-8977
Author Eileen Tanner will describe the process of research that went
into designing this new history and self-guided walking tour of the UIC
medical campus and the surrounding neighborhood.
CAMA members may remember Eileen from her presentation at CAMA's 2010 Medical History Symposium, which was hosted by Northwestern Memorial Hospital that year.
Learn more about this new, informative resource in this article in UIC Library News:
Feb 28, 2012
Rush University Medical Center celebrates 175th anniversary
Event: 175th Birthday Party, Rush University Medical Center
The Rush Archives invites you to a special
birthday event celebrating 175 years of Rush. Join us for lunch and dessert and
learn about Rush’s fascinating history.
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| Rush Medical College's first building, 1844 |
Rush University Medical Center’s oldest component, Rush
Medical College, was chartered March 2, 1837 … two days before the city of
Chicago received its charter. That makes us older than Chicago!
Join us for Rush’s 175th Birthday Party
Armour Academic Center, Room 994
600 S Paulina St, Chicago, IL
600 S Paulina St, Chicago, IL
Friday, March 2, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Featuring remarks by Thomas A. Deutsch, MD, Dean of Rush
Medical College and Provost, Rush University, and a special performance by
members of the Rush Choir. Pizza and cake will be served.
Contact the Rush Archives to RSVP:
Rush_Archives@rush.edu
or (312) 942-7214
Image Credit: Rush Medical College's first building, 1844. Facilities Photographs Collection, P522. Rush University Medical Center Archives.
Jan 20, 2012
Lecture and Reception Celebrating History of University of Chicago's Hospitals
Lecture and Reception: History of the University of Chicago's Hospitals
An earlier CAMA blog post covered the opening of a new exhibit at the University of Chicago's John Crerar Library.
http://chicagoareamedicalarchivists.blogspot.com/2011/11/new-exhibit-at-university-of-chicagos.html
Now, you are welcome to attend a lecture and reception celebrating the exhibit.
Past, Present, Future: The Evolution of Medicine at the University of Chicago's Hospitals
The exhibit's curator, Mindy Schwartz, Associate Professor of Medicine at the Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, will speak on the history of the hospitals.
Wednesday, January 25th, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
For more information and to RSVP, please contact 773-702-7569 or follow the link below:
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/crerar/exhibits/
The exhibit is free and open to the public through March, so don't miss it! Please see below for details on the exhibit.
http://chicagoareamedicalarchivists.blogspot.com/2011/11/new-exhibit-at-university-of-chicagos.html
Now, you are welcome to attend a lecture and reception celebrating the exhibit.
Past, Present, Future: The Evolution of Medicine at the University of Chicago's Hospitals
The exhibit's curator, Mindy Schwartz, Associate Professor of Medicine at the Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, will speak on the history of the hospitals.
Wednesday, January 25th, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
For more information and to RSVP, please contact 773-702-7569 or follow the link below:
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/crerar/exhibits/
The exhibit is free and open to the public through March, so don't miss it! Please see below for details on the exhibit.
Jan 16, 2012
David A. Ansell, MD, MPH, to speak at Hektoen Institute of Medicine event
The Hektoen Institute of Medicine to host David A. Ansell, MD, MPH
The Hektoen Institute of Medicine will host David A. Ansell, MD, MPH, at an upcoming free event at Cook County Hospital, March 27th.
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| Dr. Ansell conducting research. |
For more information about this event and to RSVP, please visit the Hektoen Institute of Medicine's Events page:
Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Time: Program: 4PM–5PM; Refreshments: 5PM–5:30PM
Location: Cook County Hospital, 627 S. Wood St., Chicago, 1st floor auditorium
Parking Information: Cook County Hospital parking on Wood & Polk. Enter Polk street at light. $3 parking voucher available at lecture.
Cost: Free
Dr. Ansell will be speaking about his book County: Life, Death and Politics at Chicago's Public Hospital, which was published last year. His book is a memoir of his years at Cook County Hospital and addresses the issue of health disparities in not only Chicago, but also the United States. Currently, Dr. Ansell serves as Chief Medical Officer at Rush University Medical Center.
In researching this book, Dr. Ansell delved into County's past and its longstanding relationship with its next-door neighbor, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center (now named Rush University Medical Center.) His book features photographs and other material from the Cook County Health and Hospital System Archives and the Rush University Medical Center Archives among other sources.
[Image caption: Dr. Ansell wasn't afraid to get his hands dirty when researching his book. In March 2011, he enthusiastically visited various areas of Cook County Hospital's campus with Rush Archivists Heather Stecklein and Nathalie Wheaton in the hopes of finding long-lost treasures for his memoir. Image courtesy Rush University Medical Center Archives.]
For more information on Dr. Ansell and County, please visit the book's informative page:
For more on the history of the Hektoen Institute of Medicine:
Interested in Ludvig Hektoen? Visit CAMA's page on Hektoen to learn more about CAMA member institutions with Hektoen collections:
Nov 14, 2011
New Exhibit at the University of Chicago's John Crerar Library
Exhibit: History of the University of Chicago's Hospitals
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| Credit: University of Chicago's Photofiles |
Thanks to Jennifer Hart, Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics
Librarian, Eckhart Library/Crerar Library, for sharing the following exhibit news with
CAMA.
A new exhibit recently opened at the University of Chicago's John Crerar Library. The exhibit is free and open to the public, so don't miss it! Please see below for details.
October 25, 2011-March 30, 2012
Curated by Mindy Schwartz, Associate Professor of Medicine at the Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago
Description: A hospital and medical school at the
University of Chicago were envisioned by the university founders. That
plan, initiated with a joint medical program with Rush Medical College,
was followed by the development of the world-class University of Chicago
Medical Center on campus. This exhibit looks at the history and
evolution of the medical school program, the hospital facilities and
their technology, and medical partnerships with other Chicago area
hospitals.
Location: The John Crerar Library , Atrium, 5730 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago
Public Hours: Monday – Saturday: 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
Image Caption: Chicago Lying-In Hospital, 50th Anniversary Baby 1, [1945]. From the Archival Photographic Files (Photofiles) collection of the University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center. [Image apf2-01538]
Interested in learning more about the history of the University of Chicago or Rush Medical College?
Please contact the following repositories:
Sep 26, 2011
Medical History Symposium Program Finalized
CAMA Medical History Symposium, 2011
The program for this year's Medical History Symposium has been finalized. Please see below for the day's schedule.
Admission is free, but registration is required. To register, please
e-mail Felicia Reilly, by October 21, 2011, at f.reilly@asahq.org. For information, please call
847-825-5586, Ext. 121.
For complete program information, view or download the full program online:
We hope to see you there!
CHICAGO AREA MEDICAL
ARCHIVISTS (CAMA)
NINTH MEDICAL HISTORY SYMPOSIUM
NINTH MEDICAL HISTORY SYMPOSIUM
Friday, October 28, 2011
9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology
American Society of Anesthesiologists
520 N. Northwest Highway, Park Ridge, IL
(847)825-5586
http://www.WoodLibraryMuseum.org
9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology
American Society of Anesthesiologists
520 N. Northwest Highway, Park Ridge, IL
(847)825-5586
http://www.WoodLibraryMuseum.org
The
Chicago Area Medical Archivists (CAMA) will host the Ninth Medical
History Symposium at the Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology, located in the
headquarters of the American Society of Anesthesiologists in Park Ridge,
IL. As part of Archives Week in Chicago, please join CAMA for a
day of presentations, discussion, and networking.
SCHEDULE
Registration begins
at 9:00 A.M. The program will begin at 9:30 A.M.
9:00
to 9:30
Coffee and
registration.
9:30
to 10:15
Welcome and
Introduction
Tour of the newly-remodeled Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology by Honorary
Curator Dr. George S. Bause.
Tour of the newly-remodeled Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology by Honorary
Curator Dr. George S. Bause.
PRESENTATIONS:
10:15 to
11:15
Dr. George S. Bause: Making
Anesthesia History: From Chicagoland to the World
(and Vice Versa).
(and Vice Versa).
11:15
to 11:30
Break
11:30
to
12:30
Katharine
White: Pioneer Physicians: The Ransom Family’s Impact on the
Practice of Medicine in Rockford, Illinois.
Practice of Medicine in Rockford, Illinois.
12:30 to
1:45
Lunch Break
and Book Sales.
1:45 to
2:45
Dr. Ted
Winslow: Parallels between Chicago History and Hospitals and
Health in Chicago.
2:45 to
3:45
Sue
Sacharski: Lights, Camera, Scalpel:
“Operation Television” in Chicago, 1948.
3:45
to 4:00
Book Sales.
Sep 12, 2011
Update: Medical History Symposium, 2011
Event : Update, Medical History Symposium, 2011
Have you marked your calendar yet?
The next Chicago Area Medical Archivists Medical History Symposium will be held Friday, October 28, 2011, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. It will be graciously hosted by the Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology. Thank you to CAMA member and secretary, Felicia Reilly, for coordinating the event!
The program is almost finalized and will be posted soon.
Admission is free, but registration is required.
To reserve your seat, or for more information, please contact Felicia Reilly by email...
f.reilly@asahq.org
or phone...
The next Chicago Area Medical Archivists Medical History Symposium will be held Friday, October 28, 2011, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. It will be graciously hosted by the Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology. Thank you to CAMA member and secretary, Felicia Reilly, for coordinating the event!
The program is almost finalized and will be posted soon.
Admission is free, but registration is required.
To reserve your seat, or for more information, please contact Felicia Reilly by email...
f.reilly@asahq.org
or phone...
847-825-5586, ext. 121
The
Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology is located in Park Ridge, IL,
about fifteen miles northwest of downtown Chicago. For more information
on their institution, please visit their wonderful website:
Check out past CAMA Symposium programs on our ISSUU page!
http://issuu.com/chicagoareamedicalarchivists/docs/cama_symposia_flyers__2003-2008__2010
Since
October 2002, CAMA has sponsored a medical history symposium hosted by
member institutions. Past symposia have featured presentations by
archivists, librarians, physicians and nurses, institutional exhibits,
roundtable discussions and facility tours. The presentation topics are
usually centered on local medical or nursing history.
Aug 3, 2011
Announcing CAMA's Ninth Medical History Symposium, October 28, 2011!
Event : Medical History Symposium, 2011
Mark your calendars!
The next Chicago Area Medical Archivists Medical History Symposium will be held Friday, October 28, 2011. It will be graciously hosted by the Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology. Thank you to CAMA member and secretary, Felicia Reilly, for coordinating the event!
The Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology is located in Park Ridge, IL, about fifteen miles northwest of downtown Chicago. For more information on their institution, please visit their wonderful website:
Since October 2002, CAMA has sponsored a medical history symposium hosted by member institutions. Past symposia have featured presentations by archivists, librarians, physicians and nurses, institutional exhibits, roundtable discussions and facility tours. The presentation topics are usually centered on local medical or nursing history.
The presentation slots are filling up quickly, and we plan to have a full-day's worth of speakers. If you have a speaker or topic in mind for the symposium, please contact CAMA!
Keep an eye on the CAMA Blog for upcoming news on this event as details unfold!
Jun 9, 2011
Galter Health Sciences Library Hosts New Exhibit
CAMA Member News
From CAMA Member, Susan Sacharski, Archivist, Northwestern Memorial Hospital:
The Galter Health Sciences Library of Northwestern University is hosting a new temporary exhibit, Photographing Pediatrics: Northwestern University’s Dispensary and Outpatient Clinics 1900 – 1940.
The exhibit, which runs from June through September 2011, features clinical photographs of pediatrics patients taken for teaching and research purposes at Northwestern University Medical School. The history of Northwestern University’s dispensaries and outpatient clinics, which provided free and low-cost medical care to thousands of Chicagoans for more than a century, is also presented through documents and artifacts from the Galter Health Sciences Library Special Collections and the Northwestern Memorial Hospital Archives.
CAMA members are invited to attend an opening reception Friday, June 17th from 4:30 – 6:00 pm in Dollie’s Corner, Second Level, Galter Health Sciences Library, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611. Please RSVP by June 15th to p-summerly@northwestern.edu.
If you can’t attend the reception, please contact Ron Sims (rnsms@northwestern.edu) to make an appointment to see the exhibit this summer. While you’re visiting the Galter Health Sciences Library, be sure to view the current exhibit on the life and career of John Benjamin Murphy, MD, Chicago’s charismatic and pioneering general surgeon. To read more, go to: http://www.galter.northwestern.edu/news/index.cfm/2011/4/7/An-American-Original-John-Benjamin-Murphy-MD
Jun 7, 2011
American College of Surgeons Hosts New Exhibit
CAMA Member News
From CAMA Member, Susan Rishworth, Archivist, American College of Surgeons:
ACS to host "Opening Doors: Contemporary African-American Academic Surgeons"
The American College of Surgeons will be hosting a traveling exhibit from June 13th to July 27th from the National Library of Medicine’s History of Medicine Division on the contributions of African-American academic surgeons. One of several traveling exhibits created by the HMD in its mission to educate the public, this exhibit has been traveling around the country for three years, hosted by various academic medical centers, associations and libraries. The exhibit features many Fellows of the College in its exploration of the history of the contributions of African-American surgeons.
The exhibit will be open to the public in the lobby of the headquarters of the American College of Surgeons weekdays, 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
[Click "Read more" for DETAILS!]
May 27, 2011
SAA Webinar Opportunity
CAMA Member News
Chicago Area Archivists Split-Cost SAA Webinar
The Chicago Area Archivists are offering an opportunity to participate in a Society of American Archivists webinar.
The webinar is "Privacy and Health Information" and will delve into the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and what it means for historical records. This is a great opportunity for CAMA members!
The webinar will be hosted by the Rush University Medical Center Archives.
[Click "Read more" for DETAILS!]
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