Flexner Dean’s Lecture

As a trauma surgeon and health services researcher, Dr. Rogers’ clinical and research interests focus on the health care needs of underserved populations. He builds interdisciplinary teams to address health disparities and the societal factors that affect individuals and communities affected by violence Read More

Dr. William Stead, chief strategy officer for VUMC, will deliver, 'The Annette and Irwin Eskind Family Biomedical Library – Past and Future – Changing What Clinicians Need To Know and How They Learn.' Read More

Larry R. Churchill, Vanderbilt professor of medical ethics, emeritus, will discuss "What Moral Knowledge is Essential to Doctoring?" beginning at noon Friday, June 15, in Light Hall, Room 208. Kelly Chibale, professor of organic chemistry at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, will discuss "Diversity in Academia from a Personal African Perspective" at noon Monday, June 18, in Light Hall, Room 208. Read More

Erling Norrby, MD, PhD, a world authority on viruses, will present his lecture, "A Foray into Nobel Prizes: The Action Potential, Cholesterol and Maturing Molecular Biology," Monday, March 12 at noon in 208 Light Hall. His lecture is part of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Flexner Dean’s Lecture Series. Read More

The School of Medicine invites the Vanderbilt community to three upcoming lectures. Read More

The Vanderbilt School of Medicine Flexner Deans Lecture Series and Alpha Omega Alpha will present the 2016 AOA Ed Hollaran Lectureship at noon on Monday, April 11, in Light Hall, Room 208. Read More

What do you do when your only child is murdered in a brutal, sensationalized act of violence? Read More

Jeremy Richman, Ph.D., a neuroscientist and founder of a foundation named for his daughter, Avielle, who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, will lecture Nov. 16 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Read More

Dr. Ian Crozier, a graduate of the infectious diseases fellowship program at Vanderbilt, was the "mystery patient" being treated for Ebola at Emory. Crozier will speak from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 8, in Light Hall, Room 208, as part of the Flexner Dean's Lecture Series at Vanderbilt. Read More

Vanderbilt’s William Schaffner, M.D., professor of Preventive Medicine, delivered Monday’s Flexner Dean’s Lecture, where he discussed Ebola, public health policy and the media. Read More

Barney Graham will speak on "The Impact of New Technologies on Vaccine Design and Availability." Read More

Donald R. Hopkins, vice president of health programs at The Carter Presidential Center at Emory University, will discuss “The ‘Discovery’ and Eradication of Guinea Worm Disease” at noon Tuesday, Sept. 16, in Light Hall, Room 208. Read More


The Flexner Dean’s Lecture Series will feature 
University of Pennsylvania's David A. Asch on Sept. 8. Read More

Larry Churchill, Ann Geddes Stahlman Professor of Medical Ethics at Vanderbilt School of Medicine, will discuss "Patients: A Neglected Source for Medical Ethics" at noon Aug. 25 in Light Hall, Room 202. Read More

The Flexner Dean’s Lecture Series presents Steven A. Lieberman, senior dean for administration and the John P. McGovern Distinguished Chair in Oslerian Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, at noon Thursday, June 26, in Light Hall, Room 208. Read More

Dartmouth's Wiley “Chip” Souba will speak at Vanderbilt on Tuesday, April 29, at noon in 208 Light Hall. Read More

Michael Rauch, executive producer of the 
USA network’s original series Royal Pains, will give a talk titled 
“Making a Medical Show Authentic and 
Fun (Or Trying To)” at noon Monday, Oct. 28, in Light Hall, Room 208. Read More

Vanderbilt School of Medicine’s Flexner Dean’s Lecture Series will present “Med, White and Blue: Leadership Parallels in the Military and Medicine” at noon Friday, Nov. 9, in Light Hall, Room 208. The lecture will feature Maj. Amy E. Fleming, United States Air Force and assistant professor of pediatrics at… Read More

Harvard physician and anthropologist Arthur Kleinman will discuss “Stigma and Human Rights: Their Role in Global Health” from noon to 1 p.m. Oct. 2 in Light Hall, Room 208. Kleinman’s talk is the annual Felts Lecture and part of the Flexner Deans Lecture Series at Vanderbilt School of Medicine. Read More

R. Alta Charo, the Warren P. Knowles Professor of Law and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin Law School and a member of the Institute of Medicine, will discuss “Duties of Care, Rights of Conscience” at noon Friday, Sept. 21, in Light Hall, Room 208. Read More