Medical Lecture Series: Coordinated by Melvin Cheitlin, M.D.
Our Medical Lecture Series has been an invaluable educational resource since 1982 granting access to expert opinion on major medical issues and developments in health care today. With thanks to Chancellor Sam Hawgood, M.B.B.S., for UCSF’s continued sponsorship, this cornerstone of our autumn curriculum features speakers from UCSF and is superbly organized by Melvin Cheitlin, M.D. All Fromm Institute students and their guests are encouraged and welcome to attend.
Schedule of Lectures:
5 May 2021 – Christian Thompson – Fall Prevention
12 May 2021 – Joel Ernst – “The Science, Art, and Politics of COVID Vaccines”
19 May 2021 – Jay Stewart – Macular Degeneration and Glaucoma
26 May 2021 – Deepak Srivastava – Stem Cell Research – Cardiovascular disease
2 June 2021 – David Claman – Sleep Apnea
9 June 2021 – Bernard Lo – “Ethical and Policy Dilemmas Regarding the Covid-19 Pandemic
16 June 2021 – Lawrence Fong – Newest Approach to Cancer: Immunotherapy
23 June 2021 – Mel Cheitlin – Cardiac Surgery Without Surgery
Cheitlin, M.D., Melvin
Dr. Cheitlin has organized the Spring Fromm 8-week Medical Series for the last 21 years. He is Emeritus Professor of Medicine, UCSF and former Chief of Cardiology at ZSFGH. Prior to joining UCSF he spent 20 years in the Army Medical Corps and was Chief of Cardiology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Dr Cheitlin is a Master of the American College of Cardiology, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, a Fellow of the American Heart Association and has been the Chair of the Subspecialty Board on Cardiovascular Disease of the American Board of Internal Medicine. He has been Chairman of the FDA Circulatory Devices Panel.