The Museum has partnered with the Hektoen Institute of Medicine to present the lecture series Understanding Pain. This medical humanities lecture series will examine the human experience of pain from clinical, historical, and social perspectives. Lectures will be presented by health and medical professionals, and scholars who focus on pain management.
Hektoen Institute of Medicine is located at 2100 W. Harrison, Chicago, IL.
You can learn more about Hektoen by visiting their website at www.hektoen.org.
A reception for each presentation will take place at 5:30 p.m.
All presentations will begin at 6:15 p.m.
Suggested donation to support the lecture series is $5.00
RSVP to keri@imss.org or 312-642-6502 ext. 3130
Introduction to Pain & Pain Management
Thursday, October 26, 2006 at IMSS
Silvio Glusman, MD, PhD, Associate Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Management, and Director of the Pain Management Center, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, will address multidisciplinary concepts of pain, its mechanism, and how pain may be perceived differently in various cultures.
Treating Pain
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at Hektoen
Maria Torres, MD, Chair, Division of Acute Pain Management Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, will discuss the differences between acute and chronic pain states and some appropriate treatments that a pain management center can offer as interventions to each.
Alternative Approaches to Pain Care: Art Therapy, Massage Therapy, & Acupuncture Panel Discussion
Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at IMSS
Mary Ann McDermott, RN, EdD, Professor Emeritus, Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University, Chicago; Ted Rubenstein, MFA, PsyD, Vice-President Expressive Arts Therapy and Clinical Director at the Institute for Therapy through the Arts, Chicago; Robert King, Founder, Chicago School of Massage Therapy; David Bilstrom, MD, Acupuncturist and Medical Director of The Oasis Center for Health.
Co-hosted by Nurses & Humanities
Not All in My Head: Reflections on Women's Treatment with Pain Care
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at IMSS
Paula Kamen, author, journalist, and visiting scholar of Gender Studies, Northwestern University, will give a humorous yet serious critique based on personal experience of chronic pain treatment, particularly in women patients.
After the presentation Ms. Kamen will be signing her book.
The Social Cost of Pain
Wednesday, February 28, 2007 at Hektoen
Kenneth L. Vaux, PhD, Professor of Theological Ethics, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and Graduate Faculty, Northwestern University, will discuss the personal and social cost of the quest to ameliorate pain and offers a philosophical and theological reasoning to guide personal action and public policy.
Substance Abuse and Addiction Issues in Pain Management
Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at Hektoen
Steven D. Passik, PhD, Associate Attending Psychologist, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, will address a historical perspective on opioids, the risks associated with patient noncompliance with prescription drugs, and how to tailor pain management to different levels of addiction risks.
Facing Pain: Davy, Freud, & Early Anesthesia
Tuesday, April 3, 2007 at Hektoen
George Bause, MD, Honorary Curator, American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Wood Library-Museum, Chicago and Clinical Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, will talk about developments in anesthesia from a historical point of view.
Co-hosted by the Society of Medical History & Humanities
Ethical Issues in Pain Management: End-of- Life Care, Pain Control in Children and Under-treatment of Pain Panel Discussion
Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at IMSS
Kenneth L. Vaux, PhD, Professor of Theological Ethics, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and Graduate Faculty, Northwestern University; Larry Goldberg, MD, Head, Division of Palliative Medicine, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital; Ileana Leyva, MD, Director, Palliative Medicine, Central DuPage Hospital; Martha L. Twaddle MD, Chief Medical Officer Midwest Palliative & Hospice CareCenter.
This program is made possible through the support of our sponsors:
Midwest Palliative and Hospice CareCenter
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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