Events

Berkowitz Family Foundation Lecture 2022

Finding Balance: The Promise and Pitfalls of Modern Medicine

Modern medicine is on the cusp of a new era filled with powerful therapies, but it’s also brimming with potential hazards to our profession. Today, becoming a doctor means entering a world of gene therapy and endless data, but also one in which medical institutions and expertise are questioned and often critiqued.

Dr. Jonathan Reisman will explore these big questions by drawing insights from his unique career practicing medicine all over the country and the world. The lecture will highlight ways doctors can strengthen the culture of medical ethics and humanism, especially by diagnosing themselves and the health care systems in which they work.

EVENT DETAILS:

4 p.m. - Reception (Light refreshments provided)
5 p.m. - Lecture 

This event is free and open to medical students a faculty at CMSRU and CUHC.
Seating is limited. Registration is required. 

RSVP by Tuesday, Nov. 1.

To register online, visit https://forms.gle/foVmBqVWFT2NKGyYA 

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Jonathan Reisman, MD
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Assistant Professor Emergency Medicine
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

Dr. Reisman graduated from New York University with a BA in Mathematics and received his MD degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He trained in combined internal medicine and pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital. Since finishing his residency, he has mostly worked in rural and remote emergency rooms throughout the country, including in Arctic Alaska, Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, and several hospitals in rural Pennsylvania. Dr. Reisman has practiced wilderness medicine in remote parts of the world including Antarctica, the Russian Arctic, and at high-altitude in Nepal. He’s conducted public and global health research in Alaska, India, Tanzania, and Kolkata, India. He began writing as a medical student, and his essays have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Slate, and Discover Magazine. His first book “The Unseen Body” was published in November 2021 and is now being translated into six languages.