Neuroscience
From The New York Times:
Oliver Sacks Joins Columbia Faculty
By MOTOKO RICH
September 1, 2007
Attracted by his breadth of interests, ranging from schizophrenia to music, Columbia University has appointed Oliver Sacks, the neurologist and writer, as its first Columbia artist, a newly created designation.
Beginning next week, Dr. Sacks, who has been a clinical professor of neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx for the past 42 years, is leaving to become a professor of clinical neurology and clinical psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, a post he will occupy in addition to the new artist position.
The new appointment will allow Dr. Sacks, the author of 10 books and a frequent contributor to The New Yorker, to range freely across Columbia’s departments, teaching, giving public lectures, conducting seminars, seeing patients and collaborating with other faculty members. Many of the details of his appointment have yet to be worked out, but among other things, he will be teaching in the university’s creative writing department as well as at the medical school.
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Neuroscience
Awakenings at Columbia
From The New York Times:
Oliver Sacks Joins Columbia Faculty
By MOTOKO RICH
September 1, 2007
Attracted by his breadth of interests, ranging from schizophrenia to music, Columbia University has appointed Oliver Sacks, the neurologist and writer, as its first Columbia artist, a newly created designation.
Beginning next week, Dr. Sacks, who has been a clinical professor of neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx for the past 42 years, is leaving to become a professor of clinical neurology and clinical psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, a post he will occupy in addition to the new artist position.
The new appointment will allow Dr. Sacks, the author of 10 books and a frequent contributor to The New Yorker, to range freely across Columbia’s departments, teaching, giving public lectures, conducting seminars, seeing patients and collaborating with other faculty members. Many of the details of his appointment have yet to be worked out, but among other things, he will be teaching in the university’s creative writing department as well as at the medical school.
[ ... Read the full article ... ]
- Npr "fresh Air": Oliver Sacks Talks About Hallucinations
Oliver Sacks, Exploring How Hallucinations Happen: http://www.npr.org/2012/11/10/164817448/fresh-air-weekend-oliver-sacks-and-oddly-normal?ft=1&f=13...
- Amnesia In The New Yorker
From the current issue of The New Yorker: The Abyss Music and amnesia by Oliver Sacks September 24, 2007 The experience of Clive Wearing and his spouse, Deborah. [ ... Read the article ... ]...
- Damasios To Be Awarded Jean-louis Signoret Prize
From this past Wednesday's Iowa City Press-Citizen:Damasio couple wins prestigious prize By the Press-Citizen 03 November 2004 Two physicians from the University of Iowa will receive an important honor at a ceremony Nov. 15 in the Salpetrière...
- Stereo Sue And Me
My eye doctor was interviewed by Oliver Sacks last year! He wrote about her in the New Yorker! (that's about as close as I'll come to being published in the New Yorker, so I'm rather excited). Here's the deal: Dr. Theresa Ruggiero prescribed...
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Northeast Diversity Collaboration Thursday, April 2nd6:00 PMJMZ 0220 Diversity officers from 8 regional medical schools will be visiting UMD to share their wisdom on the admissions process, the personal statement, the relevance of GPA and MCAT, post-bacc...