Disease or Normal Variation: Who Decides? with Michael J. Goldberg, MD

Being diagnosed with a disease can be life altering. It can change the way we perceive ourselves, how others perceive us and how we interact with the world. But who decides if we have a disease or we’re just not “average.” Join Dr. Michael J. Goldberg – Professor Emeritus, Tufts University School of Medicine – for an exploration, using illustrations from classical art to popular movies, of how perceptions of disease change through time; how our biases and beliefs inform that decision; and the moral and ethical challenges posed by today’s genetic technology.

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Michael J. Goldberg, MD is a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon who retired after 50 years of clinical practice at Tufts Medical Center in Boston and Seattle Childrens Hospital in Seattle WA. His major clinical interests were in the diagnosis and management of children with genetic syndromes, complex birth defects and rare bone diseases. His outcomes research focused on answering the questions: Are we helping and how do we know? He is Professor Emeritus at Tufts University School of Medicine and the first Scholar-in-Residence at The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare. He held leadership positions in national and international professional medical societies. Michael is an alumnus of Cornell University, State University of New York College of Medicine, and post-graduate residencies at Columbia and Harvard. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Beacon Hill Village and previously served on the Board of The Home for Little Wanderers in Boston, the oldest and one of the largest child welfare agencies in the United States, and on the Board of Camp Korey in Mount Vernon, Washington, a camp for children with life altering medical conditions.

This program presented by the Boston Public Library in partnership with Beacon Hill Village as part of their Living Well Ending Well series will happen over Zoom webinar. Registration required. Please check the "Registration Instructions" box on this calendar entry for more information. Registrants will receive a link the day before the program.

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