A Harvard medical professor and leading researcher in cancer and AIDS, Jerome Groopman explores the intricacies of doctor-patient relationships and the spiritual side of medicine in his books.
Case Western Reserve University welcomes Groopman on Monday, March 19, 2012, as the featured speaker at this year's F. Joseph Callahan Distinguished Lecture. The event is free and open to the public.
Introduced in 2005 as the Distinguished Lecture Series, this annual event engages the Greater Cleveland community in discourse on important topics of our time. In 2010, the event was named in honor of Francis Joseph Callahan Jr., local business leader, philanthropist and chairman emeritus of Swagelok, a leading fluid system manufacturer headquartered in Solon, Ohio.
The next lecture is scheduled for Monday, March 19, 2012.
Previous speakers include Pulitzer Prize winner Jared Diamond, renowned theoretical physicist Lisa Randall and legendary biologist E.O. Wilson. Read about the series.

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