KQED’s Michael Krasny, host of the award-winning “Forum,” interviews UCSF authors about their latest books.
Course Chair: Carol Fox, assistant vice chancellor, public affairs.
Jan. 21: Taking the History; Making; Blessing, and other books of poetry by David Watts, MD, UCSF clinical professor of medicine. A musician, poet, and physician, Watts is a regular commentator on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered.”
Jan 28: Combat Medic: World War II, by John A. Kerner, MD, UCSF clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology. A UCSF surgical resident when called to active duty in 1943, Kerner landed in Normandy shortly after D-Day. He was involved in combat for 264 days, and more than 55 years later, wrote with great immediacy about his experiences by drawing on descriptions from his letters home.
Feb. 4: A Question of Intent: A Great American Battle with a Deadly Industry, by David A. Kessler, MD, dean of the UCSF School of Medicine. As commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, Kessler led a carefully considered, thorough, and aggressive assault against the tobacco industry. His book is about the search for truth, the choices people make and moral courage.
Feb. 11: This lecture has been rescheduled to March 10th.
Feb. 18: Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease; Eat More, Weigh Less; Love & Survival, and other best-selling books by Dean Ornish, MD, UCSF clinical professor of medicine and founder, president, and director of the non-profit Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, Calif. For the past 25 years, Ornish has directed clinical research demonstrating, for the first time, that comprehensive lifestyle changes may begin to reverse even severe coronary heart disease, without drugs or surgery.
Feb. 25: Internal Bleeding: The Truth Behind America’s Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes, Robert Wachter, MD, UCSF professor of medicine. Co-authored by Kaveh Shojania, MD, UCSF professor of medicine, this book tells patients what can be done to avoid becoming just another “mistake.”
Mar. 10: Crones Don’t Whine: Concentrated Wisdom for Juicy Women; The Millionth Circle; Goddesses in Older Women, and other best-selling books by Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD, UCSF clinical professor of psychiatry. In brief essays, she offers commonsense wisdom, calling on women to empower themselves.
