Upcoming Events
The Role of Medicine During the Holocaust and its Contemporary Relevance: Countering Antisemitism in Medicine
Tuesday 28th January 2025 - 19:30 GMT (11:30 PT and 14:30 EST)
Dr Wald will give us a historical overview, threading narratives of her teaching to German and US medical students with her narrative as a daughter of a Holocaust survivor. She will then discuss how this relates to the “echoes” of the Holocaust today.
Dr Hedy Wald
Dr Hedy Wald is a renowned international educator and speaker: a Gold Humanism Foundation Harvard Macy Scholar; a Dean’s Teaching Awardee; a Fulbright Specialist Scholar (medical education), Ben Gurion University, Israel; and Scholar-in-Residence, ISGAP (Oxford, UK). She lectures on reflective writing to enhance professional identity, resilience, and wellbeing; and researches and speaks on Medicine and the Holocaust (UN Holocaust Outreach Programme panelist: “Ethics, Justice, and the Holocaust”).
Dr Wald’s cancer caregiver experience (including for National Cancer Policy Forum, National Academies of Medicine, Washington DC) describes a family perspective. Creative writing and commentary has appeared in Wall Street Journal and New York Times. X (Twitter) (“@hedy_wald “Mind/Body/Spirit of MedEd” ) citation is “medical educator to follow”; and #WomeninMedicine Day” citation is “woman who lifts others up,” and “voice of conscience and compassion”.
Register here.
Dr Wald will give us a historical overview, threading narratives of her teaching to German and US medical students with her narrative as a daughter of a Holocaust survivor. She will then discuss how this relates to the “echoes” of the Holocaust today.
Dr Hedy Wald
Dr Hedy Wald is a renowned international educator and speaker: a Gold Humanism Foundation Harvard Macy Scholar; a Dean’s Teaching Awardee; a Fulbright Specialist Scholar (medical education), Ben Gurion University, Israel; and Scholar-in-Residence, ISGAP (Oxford, UK). She lectures on reflective writing to enhance professional identity, resilience, and wellbeing; and researches and speaks on Medicine and the Holocaust (UN Holocaust Outreach Programme panelist: “Ethics, Justice, and the Holocaust”).
Dr Wald’s cancer caregiver experience (including for National Cancer Policy Forum, National Academies of Medicine, Washington DC) describes a family perspective. Creative writing and commentary has appeared in Wall Street Journal and New York Times. X (Twitter) (“@hedy_wald “Mind/Body/Spirit of MedEd” ) citation is “medical educator to follow”; and #WomeninMedicine Day” citation is “woman who lifts others up,” and “voice of conscience and compassion”.
Register here.