Date: 	Tuesday, August 2 2005 10:19 pm
From: 	Jonathon Erlen <[log in to unmask]> 
Subject: Special exhibit: Women Physicians in American Medicine

Colleagues:

I am pleased to announced that the Health Science
Library System at the University of Pittsburgh
will be the first host of the traveling exhibit
created by the History of Medicine Division of the
National Library of Medicine celebrating women
physicians' roles in the history of American
medicine. The following is the official
announcement of this exhibit and the three special
lectures to be held in conjunction with them.

John Erlen


Changing the face of Medicine 

CELEBRATING AMERICA'S WOMEN PHYSICIANS
Featured Speakers
Learn how American women have influenced and
enhanced the practice of medicine. This multimedia traveling exhibit
tells the remarkable story of women's struggle for the right to study
and practice medicine in the U.S. From Elizabeth Blackwell, who in 1849
became the first woman to earn an M.D. degree in the U.S., to today's
women doctors, they have succeeded in work once considered "unsuitable"
for a woman. Women now make a difference in every area of medicine-as
researchers, educators, surgeons, family practitioners, specialists,
policy-makers, and government officials.

The exhibit features the life stories of more than
300 of yesterday's and today's physicians. Learn how the hopes and
challenges they had as young women have led to successful careers and
work that has benefited patients, communities, and science.

Admission is free and open to the public. Groups
of 10 or more are welcome by prior arrangement. For more information,
visit www.hsls.pitt.edu or call 412-648-2040.

EXHIBIT
August 24 - October 14
Falk Library of the Health Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
200 Scaife Hall
3550 Terrace Street (across from the Petersen Events Center)

LECTURES
September 8, 15, and 22 at 7:00 p.m.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Auditorium 6 on the fourth floor of Scaife Hall
To complement the exhibit, the University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine is offering three lectures by renowned female physicians. Each
lecture will be followed by a question-and-answer session. You are also
invited to visit the exhibit either before or after the lectures. Light
refreshments will be served, and complimentary parking will be available
at the UPMC Garage located at Lothrop and Terrace Streets. Bring your
parking stub before each lecture to be validated.

While the lecture series is free, we ask that you
preregister online at www.minimed.pitt.edu or by phone at 412-647-UPMC
(9:00 a.m. to 4:40 p.m. weekdays). If you are unable to preregister, you
are still welcome to attend the lecture series.

SEPTEMBER 8
The Feminine Touch:
Women and the American Medical Profession
Aspiring female physicians applying to medical
school during the 2003-2004 admission process made up the majority of
medical school applicants for the first time ever. This evening's talk
will trace the history of women in medicine during the 19th and 20th
centuries, examining the obstacles that they encountered and how they
eventuallyvercame them.

PRESENTER: Hughes Evans, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine


SEPTEMBER 15
Bypass Surgery Versus Angioplasty:
Which Is Right for You?
Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of
death among both men and women in the United States. A recent study
conducted at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public
Health used epidemiological methods to illuminate the differences
between bypass surgery and angioplasty, two procedures used to treat
relatively advanced coronary artery disease. The study's lead
investigator will share information that may help you increase your
chances of surviving this deadly disease.
PRESENTER: Katherine M. Detre, M.D., Dr.P.H.
Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public
Health Exhibit Honoree


SEPTEMBER 22
Addressing Health Disparities
Through Women Advocates
Though important health indicators like life
expectancy and infant mortality have improved for most Americans in the
last century, minorities experience a disproportionate burden of
preventable disease, death, and disability compared with non-minorities.
Learn how women health care professionals are uniquely positioned to
help close the health gap among racial, ethnic, and underserved
populations across the country.
PRESENTER: Jeannette E. South-Paul, M.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Family Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Exhibit Honoree



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