The Milestone Symposia

Celebrating
The New Research Building at Harvard Medical School &
The 100th Anniversary of the Longwood Quadrangle Groundbreaking

Register online here Program schedule 2003 September 24 September 25 October 23 December 4 2004 January 15 February 4 March 9 CME Credits Available Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Harvard Medical School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 4 hours in category 1 credit towards the AMA Physician‚s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. All symposia will be held in the New Research Building at 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur. Questions? Please contact the Office of Public Affairs

Wednesday, September 24, 2003 4:00 pm S Ribbon Cutting 4:30 pm The Future of Life Sciences at Harvard         Lawrence Summers, President, Harvard University Data or Knowledge? The Choice for Biology         Sydney Brenner, co-winner The 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California Q & A 6:00 pm Reception Thursday, September 25, 2003 8:00 am Coffee & juice 8:30 am - 12:30 pm Molecular Architecture and Cellular Function—4 CME credits available         Roderick MacKinnon, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Professor, Rockefeller University and HHMI Investigator         Stephen Harrison, Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School and HHMI Investigator         Pam Bjorkman, Professor of Biology, California Institute of Technology and HHMI Investigator         Jon Clardy, Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School         Tom Walz, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School         Joseph B. Martin, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Harvard Medical School (moderator) Thursday, October 23, 2003 8:00 am Coffee & juice 8:30 am - 12:30 pm The Cell Cycle and Cancer—4 CME credits available         Timothy Hunt, Imperial Cancer Research Fund         Andrew Murray, Professor of Biology, Harvard University         Stephen Elledge, Gregor Mendel Professor of Genetics and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and HHMI Investigator         Joan Ruderman, Marion V. Nelson Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School         Danesh Moazed, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School         Marc Kirschner, Carl W. Walter Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School (moderator) Thursday, December 4, 2003 8:00 am Coffee & juice 8:30 am - 12:30 pm Molecular Sensing in the Brain—4 CME credits available         Eric Kandel, University Professor, Columbia University and HHMI Investigator         Carla Shatz, Nathan Marsh Pusey Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School         Cori Bargmann, Professor of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco and HHMI Investigator         David Corey, Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School and HHMI Investigator         John Assad, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School         Connie Cepko, Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School and HHMI Investigator (moderator) Thursday, January 15, 2004 8:00 am Coffee & juice 8:30 am - 12:30 pm Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine—4 CME credits available         Douglas Melton, Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor in the Natural Sciences, Harvard University and HHMI Investigator         Irving Weissman, Karel and Avice Beekhuis Professor of Cancer Biology, Stanford University         Stuart Orkin, David G. Nathan Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Boston and HHMI Investigator         Leonard Zon, Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Boston and HHMI Investigator         Susan Dymecki, Assistant Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School         David Scadden, Associate Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (moderator)   Wednesday, February 4, 2004 12:30 - 5:00 pm Reflection in Action: Building Healthy Communities™–3 CME credits available This day dedicated to the Civil Rights Movement includes a keynote address by NAACP Chairman Julian Bond, presentations by HMS faculty about their experiences in the Movement, a panel discussion about current civil rights, social justice, and health disparities issues, performances by young people from the community, and an award presentation sponsored by the HMS Office for Diversity and Community Partnership. For more information please go the Reflection In Action web site.        12:30-1:30 Keynote Presentation– 2004: A Race Odyssey        Julian Bond, Chairman, NAACP        1:45-3:15 How Far We Have Come: Changing the Face of Health Care        H. Jack Geiger, The Arthur C. Logan Professor of Community Medicine and Director of the Program in Health, Medicine and Society, CUNY Medical School        Alvin Poussaint, HMS Professor of Psychiatry, Judge Baker Children's Center       Leon Eisenberg, The Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Social Medicine, Emeritus, Harvard Medical School       Sarah-Ann Shaw, Former WBZ-TV Reporter (moderator)       3:15-3:30 Break       3:30-5:00 How Far We Have to Go: Achieving Further Change       JudyAnn Bigby, HMS Associate Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital       Margarita Alegria, HMS Visiting Professor of Psychiatry, Cambridge Hospital/Cambridge Health Alliance       Lisa Iezzoni, HMS Professor of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center       Paul Farmer, The Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School       MitchellSpellman, Professor of Surgery, Emeritus, Harvard Medical School (moderator) Tuesday March 9, 2004 3:00 - 5:00 pm Accelerating Drug Development Introduction & Welcome          Barbara J. McNeil, MD, PhD, Ridley Watts Professor of Health Care Policy; Chairman, Departmentof Health Care Policy, HMS Speakers         Mark B. McClellan, Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration "The New FDA: Protecting and Advancing the Public's Health"          Louis G. Lange, MD, PhD, CEO, CV Therapeutics, "A Tale of Two Cities: From Academics to Biotechnology"          Ronald Kessler, PhD, Professor of Health Policy, Department of HCP, "Money Isn't Everything: Non-Financial Determinants of Seeking Treatment"          Haiden Huskamp, PhD, Assistant Professor of Health Economics, Department of HCP, "Money Does Matter: The Impact of Three-Tier Formularies on Patient Compliance"          Carl B. Feldman, President, Biotechnology Industry Organization (moderator) Panel discussion to follow All symposia will be held in the New Research Building at 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, a short walk from the Longwood stops on both the Green D and E lines, the #39 bus, and the M2 shuttle bus from Harvard Square and MIT. Limited parking is available at hospital garages in the Longwood Medical Area. Symposium Academic Advisory Committee:         Bruce Bean, Professor of Neurobiology         Alfred Goldberg, Professor of Cell Biology         Edward Harlow, Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Head of the Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology         Eliott Kieff, Harriet Ryan Albee Professor of Medicine         Stanley Korsmeyer, Sidney Farber Professor of Pathology         Christine Seidman, Professor of Medicine         Christopher Walsh, Bullard Professor of Neurology         Christopher T. Walsh, Hamilton Kuhn Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Department