Peter G. Wilson, M.D., professor of clinical psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and attending psychiatrist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, will present the spring 2012 Heberden Society Lecture on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at 5 p.m.
Psychiatry at NYPH/WCMC 1791–2012
Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 5 p.m.
Uris Faculty Room (A-126)
Weill Cornell Medical College
1300 York Avenue
Dr. Wilson will present a narrative history with photographs of the department of psychiatry, from its origins in 1791 at the first New York Hospital to the present day.
The Heberden Society, which seeks to promote an interest in the history of medicine, was founded at the medical center in 1975. With funding from the WCMC Office of the Dean, the society sponsors a series of lectures during each academic year.