Dr. Gregg Meyer '84, who went on to become a
Rhodes Scholar, will speak on “Keeping Patients Safe” on Wednesday,
Feb. 6, at 4:15 p.m. in Humanities 019.
Meyer is director of the Center for Quality
Improvement and Patient Safety, Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality in Rockville, Md.
After Union, he earned his medical degree from
Albany Medical College, and a master's degree from Oriel College
at Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar in
biological anthropology and a visiting scholar at the Wellcome Unit
for the History of Medicine. He did a residency through
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
His talk is the first in a three-part series, “Wednesday Works
in Progress,” sponsored by the College's Center for Bioethics
and Clinical Leadership.
On Feb. 13, Carol Weiss, associate professor of
psychology, will speak on “Pain.”
On Feb. 20, Robert Wells, professor of history, will speak
on “Facing the `King of Terrors:' Living with Death in
American Society.”
All talks are Wednesdays at 4:15 p.m. in Humanities 019.
For more information, call 388-8045. For information visit Center for Bioethics and Clinical Leadership .