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The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program

Presents

A Montgomery Lecture

With

Jeremy A. Greene, MD, PhD
William H. Welch Professor of Medicine and the History of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Author, The Doctor Who Wasn’t There: Technology, History, and the Limits of Telehealth (University of Chicago, 2022)

The Doctor Who Wasn’t There:
Technology, History, and the Limits of Telehealth

The Doctor Who Wasn’t There, published this month by the University of Chicago Press, traces the long arc of enthusiasm for—and skepticism of—electronic media in health and medicine. Over the past century, a series of new technologies promised to democratize access to healthcare. From the humble telephone to the connected smartphone, from FM radio to wireless wearables, from cable television to the “electronic brains” of networked mainframe computers: each new platform has promised a radical reformation of the healthcare landscape. With equal attention to the history of technology, the history of medicine, and the politics and economies of American healthcare, physician and historian, Dr. Greene, explores the role that electronic media play, for better and for worse, in the past, present, and future of our health.

This lecture will be held in person for Northwestern students, faculty, and staff—in the Searle Seminar Room in the Lurie Research Building (303 E Superior). Chicago Campus. For those outside the Northwestern community and anyone who would prefer to attend remotely, the Zoom option will continue to be available.

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