• New Fellowship puts Innovation at Forefront

    November 18, 2015
    Ali Tavallaei is making better use of his time these days. As one of three young scholars chosen as part of the recently launched Western Medical Innovation Fellowship program, his focus has been streamlined.

  • Inaugural lecture at History Of Medicine Visiting Speaker Series a success

    November 04, 2015
    The inaugural lecture for the newly introduced History of Medicine Visiting Speaker Series took place earlier this month with huge success. Nearly 100 people were in attendance for Dr. Dale C. Smith’s lecture, “Caring for the Wounded: How the Great War Medical Experience Shaped Post-War American Surgery.”

  • "Somebody Call the Doctor - Rural Medical Practices in the Late Nineteenth Century" Display on Now

    November 04, 2015
    "Somebody Call the Doctor - Rural Medical Practices in the Late Nineteenth Century" is a new hallway case display outside MSB 146 and MSB 148 that showcases objects from the Medical Artifact Collection at Western. Stop to see some of the artifacts used in 'doctoring' when house calls and kitchen table surgery took place! To learn more about the 1200 medical objects in the Medical Artifact Collection at Western, go to http://medicalhistory.uwo.ca/

  • UWOMJ Digitization Project Completed!

    September 25, 2015
    The University of Western Medical Journal (UWOMJ) was established in 1930 to provide a forum for original articles based on research or clinical medicine of topic or historical interest. All issues have now been digitized,

  • The Harvey Club of London Begins Its 2015-16 Season.

    September 18, 2015
    The Harvey Club of London begins the 2015-16 season with a new slate of officers and an exciting roster of guest speakers. Read more on their updated site.

  • UWOMJ Blog Featuring History of Medicine Pieces by Liao, Bobotsis

    September 17, 2015
    UWOMJ Blog features history of medicine pieces by Lester Liao (Meds 2016) and Rob Bobotsis (Meds 2018) in the columns Learning from Hippocrates and The Osler Files. Both Liao and Bobotsis have presented their research at the History of Medicine Days conference in Calgary and at the History of Medicine Colloquium at Western. The UWOMJ Blog invites submissions from students, staff and faculty from across campus.

  • Dr. Shauna Devine receives 2015 Wiley-Silver prize for best first book in Civil War History

    June 11, 2015
    The 2015 Wiley-Silver prize for best first book in Civil War History has been awarded to Dr Shauna Devine's Learning from the Wounded: The Civil War and the Rise of American Medical Science (UNC Press, 2014).

  • HOM Research Fellow Receives Tom Watson Brown Book Award

    May 20, 2015
    Congratulations to Professor Shauna Devine, Research Fellow in the History of Medicine at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, for receiving the $50,000 Tom Watson Brown Book Award for 2015. Devine received the award for her book, Learning from the Wounded: The Civil War and the Rise of American Medical Science, published by the University of North Carolina Press in 2014.  The prize is awarded by the Society of Civil War Historians.

  • Western History Graduate Conference

    April 28, 2015
    Four Schulich Medical Students - Hannah MacKenzie, Daniel Stojanovic, Vanessa De Melo and Jessica Blom - are presenting history of medicine papers at the upcoming Western History Graduate Conference, May 1-2, 2015.

  • History of Surgery Poster Competition

    April 23, 2015
    At Clinical Congress 2015, the American College of Surgeons will be holding the inaugural History of Surgery Poster Competition. Submissions are due May 29.

  • New medical artifacts for Western

    April 09, 2015
    Husband and wife London physicians, Dr. Elizabeth Smith and Dr. David Smith recently donated 31 objects to the Medical Artifact Collection at Western.

  • New displays mounted in MSB

    April 02, 2015
    Stop by hallway cases alongside MSB 146 and 148 to see "Wounded! Front-line Medical Care during the First World War"

  • Medical students embracing medical history

    April 02, 2015
    Learn more about the rich history of medicine, and why studying medical history will make you a better doctor.

  • Tonsillotomes and Toothkeys: Exploring Past Medical and Dental Practices in London

    February 25, 2015
    A talk by Professor Shelley McKellar on Thursday, March 5 in MSB 146 at 12 noon in celebration of Founders' Day.

  • History of Medicine Days Conference

    February 05, 2015
    Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry students invited to present history of medicine research at upcoming History of Medicine Days conference, University of Calgary on March 6 and 7, 2015.

  • History of Medicine Colloquium

    February 04, 2015
    This colloquium showcases the work of Schulich Medicine students who will deliver short presentations on their recent work in the history of medicine.