"The dates for the 2008 meetings are May 21 and October 15"

MEDICAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF NEW JERSEY
c/o UMDNJ Special Collections – G. F. Smith Library of the Health Sciences
30 Twelfth Avenue, P.O. Box 1709, Newark NJ 07101-1709

ANNUAL SPRING MEETING
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2008
THE NASSAU CLUB OF PRINCETON
6 Mercer Street – Princeton, New Jersey

3:30 p.m. REGISTRATION

4:00 p.m. MHSNJ BUSINESS MEETING – ELECTION OF OFFICERS 
                     Alan Lippman, M.D., President

4:20 p.m. THE UMDNJ DEBACLE: A SCANDAL IN MEDICAL ACADEMIA
                     Allen B. Weisse, M.D.

4:45 p.m. A CUT ABOVE: CIRCUMCISION AS AN ANCIENT STATUS SYMBOL
                    David C. Kaicher, M.D., Kenneth E. Swan, M.D. (mentor)
 
5:10 p.m. MEDICAL JOURNALISM IN NEW JERSEY:†THE PHYSICIAN AS  
                   COMMUNICATOR 
                   Alan J. Lippman, M.D., Outgoing President

5:35 p.m. Drs. Francis W. Peabody and William L. Vroom: Two "Caring"  Physicians 
                   Michael Nevins, M.D.

6:00 p.m. COCKTAILS and DINNER

                     MEDICAL STAMP EXHIBIT – Fred Skvara, M.D.
                     IN MEMORIUM: Christine Haycock, M.D., MHSNJ Videographer 
                     IN MEMORIUM: Howard Slobodien, M.D.

7:30 p.m. 27th MORRIS SAFFRON LECTURE  An Enduring Clarity: the Life and Art of
                    Frank H. Netter, MD
                    Anne Wood Humphries

8:45 p.m.  ADJOURNMENT

 -----------------------------------------------------tear and mail-------------------------------------------------------MHSNJ – ANNUAL SPRING MEETING – WEDNESDAY, May 21, 2008 DINNER AND MEETING FEE (INCLUDES COCKTAILS OR SOFT DRINK):Please make check payable to Medical History Society of New JerseyMail by May 13, 2008, to     
MHSNJ, C/O UMDNJ Special Collections
G.F. Smith Library of the Health Sciences
30 Twelfth Avenue
P.O. Box 1709
Newark NJ 07101-1709

Members ($40):__________________________name(s)

Guests ($50): ____________name(s)

Students, Interns, Residents: call 973-972-7830 for $10 tickets, subsidized by the Society

ENTRÉE SELECTION (wine included):

Salmon Steak __  Roast Beef __ Vegetarian __

QUESTIONS?? Dr. Sandra Moss 732-549-5843 (moss.sandra@gmail.com)

Call for Members’

2007 Publications and Recent News

The Medical History Society of New Jersey will publish its annual list of publications in the history of medicine and the health sciences, authored and/or edited by members in 2007 in the spring newsletter. If you would like to share your published research with colleagues, submit a short article or transmit any other newsworthy medical history item(s), please complete the form below and mail or e-mail it by April 6, 2008 to:
Lois Densky-Wolff
Editor, MHSNJ Newsletter