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PROGRAM

SYMPOSIUM: The Crisis in Medical Teaching and Research
October 10, 1980
New York Academy of Medicine

Dr. Marianne J. Legato
(Columbia)

Dr. Brian F. Hoffman
(Columbia)

Dr. James Wyngaarden
(Duke)

Dr. David E. Rogers
(Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation)

DISCUSSION

LUNCHEON

Dr. Robert Petersdort
(Harvard)

Dr. Francis Moore
(Harvard)

Dr. Donald Frederickson
(NIH)

Brief introductory remarks

Definition of the problem. What are

the scope and nature of the problems

in academic medicine and how do they

impact on the quality of medical care
offered to the public?

The clinical investigator as an en-
dangered species: What are the
problems in recruiting and support-
ing physician research trainees?

The academic medical center - a stressed

American institution: What vroblems does
the academic center face? Does it have a
viable future?

The Academic Physician: The Ouality of
Life. What are the difficulties facing
the academic physician himself? What
kind of role model is he for the young
trainee and medical student?

Problems in the training of the academic
surgeon. What is the future of academe
vis-a-vis the discipline of surgery?

The role of the government in the support
and shaping of academic medicine. An
historical perspective and a prediction
about the future.
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Dr. Paul Marks
(Columbia)

Mr. Alfred Stern
(Chairman, Board of
Trustees, Mt. Sinai
Hospital)

DISCUSSION

Dr. Samuel Thier
(Yale)

DISCUSSION

Dr. Theodore Cooper
(Cornell)

ADJOURN

The nature of funding for academic medicine:
support for the trainee, the established
investigator and the medical center. What
are the roles of the government and the
private institution in such funding?

What is the responsibility of the private
sector and the private foundation in
supporting academic medicine and clinical
research?

Recommendations and remedies

Summary and concluding remarks

Reconvene at the Cosmopolitan Club for cocktails and dinner.

SPEAKER: Dr. Lewis Thomas (Sloan-Kettering)