Profiles in Professionalism Speaker Series

Aug. 5: The Center for Professionalism and the Department of Medicine Grand Rounds presented "When We Do No Harm: Medical Error and the Human Condition," by Dr. Danielle Ofri, clinical professor of medicine at New York University and attending physician at Bellevue Hospital on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. here talk was well received and often requested. To hear her, please follow this link.

Oct. 8, 2020: The Center for Professionalism presented Dr. Karen Kelsky, Ph.D., the author of the bestselling book "Professor Is In, The Essential Guide to Turning Your Ph.D. Into a Job". She gave two outstanding talks for the Basic Scientists: Hacking The Academic Job Market and Advice For Advisors.

Multi-Institutional Longitudinal Faculty Development Program

March 21, 2019 - Dr. William T. Branch, professor of medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine, discussed sustaining humanistic traditions in today’s practice environment. See video of the event.(Baylor login required)

Jan. 17, 2019 - Dr. Maxine A. Papadakis, professor emeritus of medicine, University of California, San Francisco, discussed the importance of integrity and honesty in medicine and offered insights into medical education for surgeons. Video of the event. 

Oct. 18, 2018 - Tait Shanafelt, M.D., Chief Wellness Officer, Stanford Medicine, Director, WellMD Center, Associate Dean, Stanford School of Medicine, internationally recognized as one of the most important investigators and thought leaders about the epidemic of burn out in Medicine. Presentation slides.

The Pete and Erin Huttlinger Series on Humanism in Medicine "Shine the Light" 
A unique presentation and concert By Seamus Kelleher, Guitar Master. Thursday, May 10, 2018.

Seamus has performed in venues all over the world including the Excelsior in Rome, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York. He put together a show that combines storytelling and virtuoso guitar playing for a special treat for the Baylor College of Medicine community. Video of the event (Baylor login required).

Dr. David H. Chestnut, professor of anesthesiology, and director of the Division of Obstetric Anesthesiology from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, presented “On the Road to Professionalism” for the Profiles in Professionalism lecture series Nov. 16, 2017.

He described the affirmation of professionalism as one of the six core competencies for physicians, the limitations of professionalism “codes and rules” in promoting physician professionalism, personal attributes, commitments, behaviors, interactions and influences that are important to the development and maintenance of physician professionalism and as well as how to recognize that physician professionalism as a competency that requires lifelong learning and practice. Chestnut presentation (Baylor login required)

Drs. Maria Alkureishi and Wei Wei Lee from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine spoke about how to use the EMR to enhance the patient relationship and communication. Alkureishi and Lee presentation