UAMS Hosts ‘Lobotomies and War Crimes’ Lecture on Thursday
| LITTLE ROCK — The public is invited to a free lecture, “Lobotomies and War Crimes: The Medical Paths of Walter Freeman and Douglas M. Kelley,” from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday on the 12th floor of the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
Jack El-Hai
The lecture by Jack El-Hai, an acclaimed American journalist and author who is recognized for his profound explorations of history and medicine, is part of the UAMS History of Medicine and Science lecture series. It will offer an insightful discussion of the intersection of psychiatry, neurosurgery, history and ethics, shedding light on the complexities of medical history and its lasting impact.
El-Hai will discuss his books “The Nazi and the Psychiatrist,” which has been adapted into a film, “Nuremberg,” directed by James Vanderbilt and starring Rami Malek and Russell Crowe, and “The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness.”
El-Hai will be available to sign books after the lecture. He is also the author of “The Lost Brothers” and “Non-Stop: A Turbulent History of Northwest Airlines.”
The lecture is organized by the UAMS Departments of Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, as well as the UAMS Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute.
To register, please visit medicine.uams.edu/neurosurgery/history-of-medicine/.
Parking is available in UAMS Parking 3 at 4030 W. Capitol Ave.
UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and eight institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute, Institute for Digital Health & Innovation and the Institute for Community Health Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 3,485 students, 915 medical residents and fellows, and seven dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 11,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube or Instagram.
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