SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1ST, 2007

NYU Medical Center
Schwartz Lecture Hall
30th Street between 1st Avenue and the FDR Drive

The practice of medicine is generally thought of in the context of restoring health and prolonging life. But war, poverty, AIDS, and repression have prompted many to speak out and challenge injustice under arduous and sometimes perilous conditions. Profiles in Courage will honor international health activists, and invites health professionals, students and others to engage in some of the most pressing issues of our time. The Conference is free.

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Topics and Speakers:

Doctors Under the Gun
Jeffrey Greene, MD, Pioneer in Caring for Patients with AIDS, NYU School of Medicine
Tessa Chelouche, MD, Holocaust Historian, Israel
Mary Ann Hopkins, MD, Doctors Without Borders, Dept. of Surgery, NYU School of Medicine
Moderated by Ann R. Garment, SoM ’08

Promoting Health and Human Rights of Women and Children
Karen Hein, MD, Immediate Past President, William T. Grant Foundation; Albert Einstein College of Medicine
George Askew, MD, Founder, Docs for Tots
Yinka Akinsulure-Smith, PhD, Sierra Leonean Psychologist, CUNY
Grace Kodindo, MD, Ob-Gyn, University of Ndjamena, Chad/Columbia University School of Public Health
Moderated by Erica B. Pollack, SoM ’08.

Advocating Against Torture and Caring for its Survivors
Allen S. Keller, MD, Director Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture; Director, Center for Health and Human Rights
Alp Ayan, MD, Psychiatrist, Turkey
Shari Eppell, PhD, Psychologist, Zimbabwe
Moderated by Joseph K. Shin, SoM ’08

Keynote Address
Shaffiq Essajee, BMBCh, Senior Advisor for Pediatrics, Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative; Dept. of Pediatrics, NYUSoM
Introduced by Nicholas Gavin, SoM ’09

A Buddhist Blessing for Healing, Peace and the People of Myanmar
Introduced by Brian A. Levine, SoM ’08

Special Presentations by:
Doctors Without Borders • Physicians for Human Rights • Adolescent Medical Club/Reach Out New York • American Medical Student Association • Black and Latino Students Organization • Global Medicine Club • Harm Reduction Alliance • The Hepatitis Project • Medical Students for Choice • NYC Free Clinic

Profiles in Courage: Health and Human Rights in Action is co-sponsored by the NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship and the Bellevue-NYU Program for Survivors of Torture.

NYU School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue @ 32nd Street, or enter directly at Schwartz Lecture Hall, East 30th Street between First Avenue/FDR Drive.

Additional support for this event has been provided by Leo S. Ullman.

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