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Dear Alumni,

Did you know that 700 graduates of MSU’s College of Human Medicine have chosen a career in Family Medicine? Regardless of whether you graduated in 1977 or 2007, each of you has shared a unique medical education in a school that truly values primary care and community based education. The CHM experience has molded physicians who have vitally contributed to the health of their own communities.

We want to nurture and strengthen our own connections as family physicians who shared the CHM experience, and we want to share some of the exciting work that is now taking place within the Department of Family Medicine and around the state in our nine affiliated residency programs.

The reality is that we have lost touch with many of you. We would like to share news with you through an occasional e-newsletter, introduce you to our website, and be able to drop you a line on occasion. We also would like to hear news about yourself that you would like to share with others.

Could you take just a few minutes to share your contact information through the web-based form on this page?

We look forward to hearing from you,

William C. Wadland, MD, MS
Chair, MSU Department of Family Medicine

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Friday, November 13, 2009. Mind–Body Medicine & Spirituality: New Knowledge and Ancient Wisdom

The 13th Annual Foglio Conference on Spirituality and Medicine, at The Kellogg Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing. Please join us for a full day of dialogue and learning about how science and spirituality intersect in the field of mind-body medicine.Featuring Conference Participation and Keynote Address by Anne Harrington, PhD, Professor and Chair, History of Science Department, Harvard University.

Howard Brody, MD, PhD, receives Lifetime Achievement Award from American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (external link) - June 2009

The ASBH Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes outstanding contributions and significant publications that have helped shape the direction of the fields of bioethics and the medical humanities. Howard Brody received his MD degree from the College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University in 1976, and his PhD in Philosophy, also from Michigan State University, in 1977. After completing his residency in family practice at the University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, he returned to MSU, where he served as University Distinguished Professor of Family Practice, Philosophy, and the Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences. He was Director of the Center for Ethics and Humanities from 1985 to 2000. In 2006, Dr. Brody moved to the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, to become the Director of the Institute for the Medical Humanities and John P. McGovern Centennial Chair in Family Medicine.