Woll Family Speaker Series
About This Event
The Woll Family Speaker Series is a monthly talk by national leaders exploring the intersection of health, spirituality and religion. It is open to medical trainees, faculty and the general public. The speakers represent the diversity of this broad field and have included writers, clergy, doctors and academics. The content is different than the typical bioreductionist perspective that is inherent to much of medical school curriculum.
Upcoming Events
Finding Reverence in Medicine with speaker Dr. Rana Awdish
In this talk, Dr. Rana Awdish reflects on her own experience as a patient and how objectification of the body left her feeling estranged from herself, fearful and unseen.
Toward a More Sacred Healthcare: How Individuals, Teams, and Systems can Foster Sacred Moments with speaker Dr. Nathan Houchens
Is medicine a sacred practice? Dr. Nathan Houchens thinks so and will share his work in this upcoming talk.
Sacred Medicine: Mystery, Meaning, and the Limits of Science with Dr. Tyler Johnson
Dr. Johnson's lecture will examine what nearly 200 hours of discussion with philosophers, clerics, theologians, doctors, nurses, patients, and authors have taught him about the role of the sacred in the practice of modern medicine and the need for mystery in a realm usually ruled by a devotion to science.
