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The newspaper of The Johns Hopkins University February 16, 2004 | Vol. 33 No. 22
 
'Voyage and Discovery' Begins

Julie Freischlag leads off the speaker series for Homewood undergraduates that includes D.A. Henderson, Donald Coffey, Louis Kavoussi and Edward Cornwell.
PHOTO BY KEITH WELLER

Julie Freischlag, director of Dept. of Surgery, to discuss personal journey

By Glenn Small
Homewood

The Voyage and Discovery lecture series returns tomorrow night to the Homewood campus as Julie A. Freischlag, the William Stewart Halsted Professor and director of the Department of Surgery at the School of Medicine and surgeon in chief of The Johns Hopkins Hospital, talks about the story behind the story of her medical career.

Freischlag, who joined Johns Hopkins in March 2003, is the first woman and only the sixth person to serve in her posts in the school's 111-year history.

Her talk, titled "Bloom Where You're Planted," will be held at 7:30 p.m. in 110 Hodson Hall.

Freischlag is the first of five speakers scheduled for this year's Voyage and Discovery series, a student-run program with the aim of getting beyond the published papers and breakthroughs of science and medicine to the personal journey of scientific research and discovery.

"We want people to realize that there's more to science and medicine than just doing your job," said Steve McCartney, a senior biophysics major and one of five co-chairs for the series. The others are Abeba Habtemariam, a senior public health major; Deepthi Reddy, a senior biophysics major; Angela Yin, a junior neuroscience major; and Matt Schreckinger, a junior computer science major.

Other speakers include bioterrorism expert D.A. Henderson, dean emeritus of the School of Public Health and University Distinguished Service Professor in health policy and management, who speaks at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 24, in 110 Hodson Hall. Henderson is well-known for having led the successful campaign to eradicate smallpox in the 1970s and more recently for his work on bioterror.


'Voyage and Discovery' co-chairs, clockwise from left: Matt Schreckinger, Angela Yin, Deepthi Reddy, Abeba Habtemariam and Steve McCartney.
PHOTO BY HPS/WILL KIRK

On March 2, Donald Coffey, the Catherine Iola and J. Smith Michael Distinguished Professor of Urology at the School of Medicine and a world-renowned prostate cancer researcher, will speak at 7:30 p.m. in 110 Hodson. On March 9, Louis Kavoussi, Patrick C. Walsh Professor of Urology, vice chair of the Department of Urology and professor of urologic surgery at the School of Medicine, will speak at 7:30 p.m. in 110 Hodson. The final speaker is Edward Cornwell, associate professor and head of adult trauma surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, who will speak on March 30 at 7:30 p.m. in 111 Mergenthaler. Cornwell was featured prominently a few years ago in the ABC documentary Hopkins 24/7.

The students who organized this year's series returned to some favorites, inviting back Henderson, Coffey and Cornwell, who all had previously given well-attended talks to audiences that largely comprise undergraduates interested in careers in medicine or science.

Several of the co-chairs have had previous experience on the series and said they were inspired by one of the speakers, which made them want to help continue the lectures.

Along the way, they said, they've learned some lessons.

"You always have to be ready to deal with things you don't expect," Hablemariam said.

For instance, last year's first speaker, pediatric neurosurgeon Ben Carson, was running late for the pre-speech dinner, and the student staff was nervous, fearing he might not be able to make the event. Another speaker last year didn't know about the dinner and went directly to the lecture hall, which was empty. Later, as the students were still nervously waiting for him to show up to speak, they discovered he was already in the room.

 

'Voyage and Discovery'

All lectures take place at 7:30 p.m. on the Homewood campus. Cornwell's talk will be in 111 Mergenthaler; all others are in 110 Hodson. For additional information, go to www.jhu.edu/~voyage.

Feb. 17. Julie A. Freischlag, the William Stewart Halsted Professor and director of the Department of Surgery at the School of Medicine and surgeon in chief of The Johns Hopkins Hospital: "Bloom Where You're Planted."

Feb. 24. D.A. Henderson, dean emeritus of the School of Public Health and University Distinguished Service Professor in health policy and management: Topic to be announced.

March 2. Donald Coffey, the Cath-erine Iola and J. Smith Michael Distinguished Professor of Urology and also professor of oncology and of pharmacology and molecular sciences at the School of Medicine and director of Urology's research laboratories: Topic to be announced.

March 9. Louis Kavoussi, Patrick C. Walsh Professor of Urology and vice chairman of the Department of Urology: "Everything We Know Is Wrong."

March 30. Edward Cornwell, associate professor of surgery at the School of Medicine and chief of adult trauma surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital: Topic to be announced.

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