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- 1985-05-22 (Creation)
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1 cassette
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This recording documents the Lambda chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha meeting at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine on May 22, 1985. It begins with an introduction from Thomas C. Chalmers, MD the former Dean of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and former President of the Mount Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Chalmers announces Julius Wolf, MD as faculty member of the year, as well as the list of students nominated to Alpha Omega Alpha in the Class of 1985.
A new Alpha Omega Alpha member, Elizabeth Ginzberg, then introduces the speaker, Alvan Feinstein, MD. Dr. Feinstein delivers a lecture titled "An Additional Basic Science for Clinical Medicine," which covers topics including: how to make subjective clinical data more meaningfully measurable; opportunities to bring more nuance to imprecise clinical data; and shortcomings of randomized trials and their design.
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This material is available for use. Please contact the Archives (MSArchives@mssm.edu) for more information.