Nicholson J. Eastman, M.D.
March 16, 1966
Induced Abortion and Contraception: A Consideration of Ethical Philosophy in Obstetrics
Past Merrimon Lectures
Williams Bosworth Castle, M.D.
March 22, 1967
Pernicious Anemia: A Continued Study
Rene Jules Dubos, M.D.
December 4, 1968
Scientific Civilization and The Man of Flesh and Bone
John Hilton Knowles, M.D.
November 3, 1970
The Watershed of the 1970’s
Sir Peter B. Medawar, F.R.S.
October 20, 1971
Science and Civilization
Sune Bergstrom. M.D.
October 18, 1973
Medical Research: A model for International Cooperation
Lord C.P. Snow
October 24, 1974
Medical Possibilities and Human Conscience
Kurt W. Deuschle, M.D.
October 15, 1975
Urban Health and Academic Medicine: Changing Responsibilities of Medical Schools in Big Cities
Charles A. Janeway, M.D.
October 13, 1976
Vision and Reality: Medicine Faces Our Third Century
Michael E. DeBakey, M.D.
October 26, 1978
Relighting the Lamp of Excellence
Renee C. Fox, Ph.D.
October 25, 1979
The Evolution of Medical Uncertainty
Kenneth B. Clark, Ph.D.
November 20, 1980
Present Complexities in American Race Relations
Frederick C. Robbins, M.D.
October 8, 1981
The Physician-Scientist: Reality or Myth
Arnold S. Relman, M.D.
October 19, 1982
The Future of Medical Practice
D. Carleton Gajdusek, M.D.
October 24, 1984
Interference with Axonal Transport of Neurofilament: The Underlying Mechanism of Pathogenesis in Alzheimer’s Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, and Many Other Degenerations of the CNS
Robert J. Glaser, M.D.
October 24, 1985
The Medical Center: Distinguished Past, Uncertain Future
David A. Hamburg, M.D.
November 13, 1986
Health and Behavior: A Worldwide Opportunity
Jared M. Diamond, Ph.D.
October 28, 1987
The Evolution of Human Genetic Diseases
Samuel O. Thier, M.D.
November 21, 1988
AIDS: Dissonance Between Science and Policy
John R. Evans, M.D., Ph.D.
October 17, 1989
International Eminence Through Local Relevance: A Challenge Neglected By Academic Medicine
M. Joycelyn Elders, M.D.
October 30, 1990
Adolescent Health Issues: What is Our Role?
C. Thomas Caskey, M.D.
November 6, 1991
Molecular Medicine: Opportunities and Challenges
John A. Kitzhaber, M.D.
November 11, 1992
A Coalition for Change: Reshaping America’s Health Future
David C. Sabiston, Jr., M.D.
October 27, 1993
Medical Research: Major Contributions by Medical Students
Lasalle D. Leffall, JR., M.D.
November 21, 1995
Ethics and Surgical Practice Today
Jerome P. Kassirer, M.D.
November 19, 1996
Managed Care and the Morality of the Marketplace
Jay Katz, M.D.
November 13, 1997
Reflections On Informed Consent Forty Years After Its Birth
Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D
November 19, 1998
Doctor’s and Patients at the Hour of Death
Eric J. Cassell, M.D., M.A.C.P.
November 17, 1999
The Emergence of Subjectivity in Medicine
Paul E. Farmer, M.D., Ph.D.
November 8, 2000
Pathologies of Power: Medicine, Science, and the Future of Human Rights
Alexander M. Capron, LL.B.
November 29, 2001
Brain Death — Settled Yet Unresolved
Rebecca Dresser, J.D.
November 14, 2002
Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Arguments and Advocacy
Eliseo J. Perez-Stable, M.D.
October 27, 2005
Latino Health Disparities: A Cultural Paradox?
Karla F.C. Holloway, Ph.D.
March 1, 2007
Medical Master Narratives: Ethical Crises of Race and Sexuality
Allan M. Brandt, Ph.D.
October 22, 2007
The Tobacco Pandemic: Ethics, Health , and History
Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, Ph.D., M.P.H.
October 22, 2008
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: The Spread of Health Phenomena in Social Networks
Diane E. Meier, M.D., FACP
April 4, 2011
Palliative Care: Transforming the Care of Senior Illness
Ruth R. Faden, Ph.D., M.P.H
October 4, 2013
Health and Justice: What’s Theory Got to Do With It?
H. Gilbert Welch, M.D., M.P.H.
March 5, 2015
Seven Assumptions that Drive Too Much Medical Care
Nicole Lurie, MD, MSPH
September 20, 2016
Striking the Balance: Patient Care, Activism, and Public Service in the Health Professions
Wylie Burke, M.D., Ph.D.
October 14, 2017
Pathways to Trust: Genomics, Precision Medicine, And Health Disparities
Recording Available
Keith A. Wailoo, Ph.D
September 24, 2018
The Politics of Pain: Medicine and the Gatekeepers of Relief in America’s Opioid Era
Recording Available
Lisa Harris, MD, PhD
September 24, 2019
Conscience, stigma, and the tension of opposites in reproductive healthcare.
Vikram Patel, MBBS, PhD
April 8, 2021
Thrown Under the Bus: Young People’s Mental Health in the Pandemic Era
Recording Available
Heidi J Larson, Ph.D.
September 14, 2022
Finding the ‘Greater Good’ in an Era of Polarization: What Vaccine Hesitancy Has Taught Us
Recording Available
I. Glenn Cohen, J.D.
October 26, 2023
Integrating Artificial Intelligence Into Health Care: Ethical and Legal Challenges