Founded in 1971 by former dean of the U.Va. Dr. Thomas H. Hunter, the Medical Center Hour explores current issues and controversies for medicine and society, including topics in contemporary health care, culture, ethics, religion, law, scientific research and public policy. The weekly forum, produced by the U.Va.
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Dr. John Coulehan, professor of preventive and internal medicine at State University of New York, Stony Brook, will speak about the patient's narrative as the physician's most important source of diagnostic information. Dr. Michael Compton, a psychiatry resident at Emory University School of Medicine, will speak about the image of the physician that emerged from ancient Greek mythology and culture. Compton, a 1997 U.Va. School of Medicine graduate, will co-present this lecture with Jon Mikalson, Ph.D., classics professor and director of the U.Va. Echols Scholars Program .