scholarly journals Oliver Sacks

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Julie Walsh ◽  
Julie Walsh
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
American Academy ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Columbia University ◽  
New York University ◽  
University Of Oxford ◽  
The University

Renowned neurologist and author Dr Oliver Sacks is a visiting professor at the University of Warwick as part of the Institute of Advanced Study. Dr Sacks was born in London. He earned his medical degree at the University of Oxford (Queen’s College) and the Middlesex Hospital (now UCL), followed by residencies and fellowships at Mt. Zion Hospital in San Francisco and at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). As well as authoring best-selling books such as Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, he is clinical professor of neurology at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York. Warwick is part of a consortium led by New York University which is building an applied science research institute, the Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP). Dr Sacks recently completed a five-year residency at Columbia University in New York, where he was professor of neurology and psychiatry. He also held the title of Columbia University Artist, in recognition of his contributions to the arts as well as to medicine. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and the Association of British Neurologists, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and has been a fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities at NYU for more than 25 years. In 2008, he was appointed CBE.

Adefovir dipivoxil alone or in combination with lamivudine in patients with lamivudine-resistant chronic hepatitis B 1 1The Adefovir Dipivoxil International 461 Study Group includes the following: N. Afdhal (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA); P. Angus (Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia); Y. Benhamou (Hopital La Pitie Salpetriere, Paris, France); M. Bourliere (Hopital Saint Joseph, Marseille, France); P. Buggisch (Universitaetsklinikum Eppendorf, Department of Medicine, Hamburg, Germany); P. Couzigou (Hopital Haut Leveque, Pessac, France); P. Ducrotte and G. Riachi (Hopital Charles Nicolle, Rouen, France); E. Jenny Heathcote (Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada); H. W. Hann (Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA); I. Jacobson (New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY); K. Kowdley (University of Washington Hepatology Center, Seattle, WA); P. Marcellin (Hopital Beaujon, Clichy, France); P. Martin (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA); J. M. Metreau (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Henri Mondor, Creteil, France); M. G. Peters (University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA); R. Rubin (Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, GA); S. Sacks (Viridae Clinical Sciences, Inc., Vancouver, Canada); H. Thomas (St. Mary’s Hospital, London, England); C. Trepo (Hopital Hôtel Dieu, Lyon, France); D. Vetter (Hopital Civil, Strasbourg, France); C. L. Brosgart, R. Ebrahimi, J. Fry, C. Gibbs, K. Kleber, J. Rooney, M. Sullivan, P. Vig, C. Westland, M. Wulfsohn, and S. Xiong (Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, CA); D. F. Gray (GlaxoSmithKline, Greenford, Middlesex, England); R. Schilling and V. Ferry (Parexel International, Waltham, MA); and D. Hunt (Covance Laboratories, Princeton, NJ).

2004 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion G. Peters ◽  
H.W. Hann ◽  
Paul Martin ◽  
E.Jenny Heathcote ◽  
P. Buggisch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Adefovir Dipivoxil ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Jefferson Medical College ◽  
Toronto Western Hospital ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Centre Hospitalier ◽  
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire

“An Old Order Is Passing”: The Rise of Applied Learning in University-Based Teacher Education during the Great Depression

2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 319-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana D'Amico
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Columbia University ◽  
New York University ◽  
Teachers College ◽  
The Great Depression ◽  
Old Order ◽  
The University

From the late nineteenth century through the first decades of the twentieth century, New York City housed two contrasting models of professional education for teachers. In 1870, the Normal College of the City of New York opened in rented quarters. Founded to prepare women to teach in the city's public schools, in just ten weeks the tuition-free, all-female college “filled to overflowing” with about 1,100 enrolled students. Based upon a four-year high school course approved by the city's Board of Education, the “chief purpose” of the college was to “encourage young women… to engage in the work of teaching in elementary and secondary schools.” Vocationally oriented and focused on practical skills, the Normal College stood in contrast to the School of Pedagogy at New York University and Teachers College, Columbia University founded in 1890 and 1898, respectively. The Normal College's neighbors situated their work within the academic traditions of the university. According to a School of Pedagogy Bulletin from 1912, faculty sought to,meet the needs of students of superior academic training and of teachers of experience who are prepared to study educational problems in their more scientific aspects and their broader relations.

ERIC FONER'S “RECONSTRUCTION” AT TWENTY-FIVE

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-27
Author(s):  
Eric Foner
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
List Type ◽  
Columbia University ◽  
City College ◽  
Northwestern University ◽  
Duke University ◽  
The University ◽  
Oral Presentations

What follows is a written reproduction of a forum held at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians in San Francisco in April 2013. The forum commemorated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of Eric Foner's Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877. Kate Masur (Northwestern University) organized and introduced the discussion, and the commentators in order of speaking were the following: •Heather Andrea Williams, The University of Pennsylvania•Gregory P. Downs, City College of New York and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York•Thavolia Glymph, Duke University•Steven Hahn, The University of Pennsylvania•Eric Foner, Columbia University The written version on the following pages largely preserves the feel and tone of the original oral presentations by the contributors. However, given the opportunity for reflection inherent in the published word, the authors and editors have made some small changes to enhance readability.

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1956 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 972-972
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Recent Progress ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
Diagnostic Methods ◽  
Patient Evaluation ◽  
New York University ◽  
Indiana University ◽  
Annual Summer

A comprehensive review of recent progress in pediatrics designed for general practitioners as well as specialists will be presented at the Eighth Annual Summer Clinics of the Children's Hospital in Denver on June 27, 28 and 29. Material of wide interest, with emphasis on patient evaluation, diagnostic methods of greatest value, and sound therapeutic advances will be presented for discussion. Guest speakers this year will be Dr. Harry Bakwin, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, New York University, Dr. Thomas C. Moore, Associate in Surgery at the Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, and Dr. Joseph C. Risser, Associate Professor of Orthopedics, College of Medical Evangelists, Los Angeles, California.

Cardiac Sarcoidosis: A Pathology-Focused Review

2010 ◽  
Vol 134 (7) ◽  
pp. 1039-1046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen M. Lagana ◽  
Anil V. Parwani ◽  
Larry C. Nichols
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Cardiac Sarcoidosis ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Columbia University ◽  
Granulomatous Disease ◽  
Susceptible Host ◽  
University Of Pittsburgh ◽  
Unclear Etiology ◽  
The University ◽  
Clinical Diagnostic Criteria

Abstract Context.—Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease of unclear etiology. It is not commonly fatal, but when sarcoidosis is fatal, it is most often from cardiac involvement and when sarcoidosis involves the heart, it frequently causes death. The disease presents diagnostic challenges both clinically and histologically. Objectives.—To review the histology of cardiac sarcoidosis and the histologic differential diagnosis of cardiac granulomatous disease and to review the epidemiology and gross pathology of cardiac sarcoid as well as discuss current controversies, clinical diagnostic criteria, and proposed mechanisms of pathogenesis. Data Sources.—We reviewed the literature searchable on PubMed as well as selected older studies revealed by our review of the recent literature. Photographs were taken from cases on file at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) and Columbia University Medical Center (New York, New York). Conclusions.—Sarcoidosis is a focal or disseminated granulomatous disease that likely represents the final common pathway of various pathogenic insults in a genetically susceptible host. The type of insult may influence the specific sarcoid phenotype. Controversy still abounds, but many areas of investigation around sarcoidosis are yielding exciting discoveries and bringing us closer to a richer understanding of this puzzling disease.

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