Author of Hemingway’s Brain Kicks Off UAMS’ History and Medicine Lecture Series
| LITTLE ROCK — A forensic psychiatrist who is the author of the book Hemingway’s Brain will discuss “Hemingway’s Demise — The Facets of Our Roughest Diamond” on April 28 to kick off a new History of Medicine and Science lecture series at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
B. Andrew Farah, M.D., a North Carolina psychiatrist and author, will discuss the research and analysis behind the book, published in 2017, that presents a corrective and innovative diagnosis of the conditions that led to Ernest Hemingway’s suicide.
A distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, Farah will explore genetic influences, traumatic brain injuries, and neurological and psychological aspects of Hemingway’s final years.
The lecture is the first in a new lecture series organized by the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery and is open to the public. However, pre-registration is required to attend either in person or virtually.
Continuing medical education credit is also available.
The lecture will begin at 6 p.m. in the Fred Smith Auditorium on the 12th floor of the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute on the UAMS campus. A light reception will follow.
To register, go to: https://medicine.uams.edu/neurosurgery/historyofmedicine
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