Physician, historian, and author Barron Lerner, M.D., Ph.D., presented The Dean’s Distinguished Lecture in Medical Professionalism on Monday, January 12, 2015 in the Sullivan Classroom at the University of Vermont College of Medicine's Medical Education Center. The event was hosted by the Learning Environment and Professionalism (LEAP) Committee of the UVM College of Medicine and UVM Medical Center and supports the College’s commitment to creating and maintaining a positive, professional working and learning environment.

Lerner, who is a professor of medicine and population health at the New York University School of Medicine, is author of The Good Doctor: A Father, a Son and the Evolution of Medical Ethics (Beacon Press, May 2014). He received his M.D. in 1986 from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and his Ph.D. in history in 1996 from the University of Washington. His book, The Breast Cancer Wars: Hope, Fear and the Pursuit of a Cure in Twentieth-Century America (Oxford University Press, 2001), received the William H. Welch Medal of the American Association for the History of Medicine and was named one of the 26 most notable books of 2001 by the American Library Association. Lerner has published extensively in scholarly journals and contributes essays to The New York Times, Slate, Atlantic.com and The Huffington Post. He has also appeared on numerous National Public Radio broadcasts, including “Fresh Air,” “All Things Considered,” and “Science Friday.”

The LEAP Committee, which includes faculty, staff and student members from the UVM College of Medicine and UVM Medical Center, is charged with reviewing and recommending initiatives and policies to support professional behavior across the academic medical center and its affiliates.

A reception took place following the lecture in the Hoehl Gallery, Health Science Research Facility. Learn more about Lerner here.