Medical Education Day
Keynote Address
Deans' Distinguished Lecture:
The Medical Learning Environment Under Siege: Protecting the Profession
November 19, 2009, 12:00 -1:00 pm
P-117
**Faculty attending this lecture will receive 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit.
Lawrence G. Smith, MD
Dean, Hofstra University School of Medicine in partnership with NorthShore-LIJ Health System
Lawrence G. Smith, MD, is the founding dean of the Hofstra University School of Medicine in partnership with North Shore-LIJ Health System. In addition to serving as dean of the new medical school, Dr. Smith is the chief medical officer at the North Shore-LIJ Health System. Dr. Smith has held this position since September 1, 2006.
Dr. Smith joined North Shore-LIJ in May 2005 as chief academic officer and senior vice president of academic affairs. Before joining North Shore-LIJ, Dr. Smith was at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in Manhattan, where he served as dean (beginning in 2002) and chairman of medical education, founder and director of the school’s Institute for Medical Education, professor of medicine and an attending physician. Prior to his career at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Dr. Smith was director of education and program director of the internal medicine residency program at the State University of New York’s Stony Brook University Hospital.
Dr. Smith has held senior leadership positions in national societies for medical education and residency training, authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in the area of medical education, and received awards and honors from national and international organizations. Dr. Smith is a former president of the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine, a Regent of the American College of Physicians, and he is on the executive committee of the Organization of Program Directors Association.
Dr. Smith earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Fordham University and a M.D. from the New York University School of Medicine. His residency in Internal Medicine at Strong Memorial Hospital was followed by military service as captain in the Army Medical Corps, at Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center in Denver.
Past Keynote Speakers
- 2008 Medical Education Day
Professionalism As a Social Movement and Conflict of Interest as an Intvervening Factor
Frederic Hafferty, PhD, Professor Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota-Duluth School of Medicine - 2007 Medical Education Day
How Do I Know I'm Teaching Effectively?
Larrie Greenberg, MD
Professor of Medicine and William G. Irwin Endowed Chair, UCSF - 2006 Medical Education Day
Why Teachers Are Important and What Important Teachers Do
Molly Cooke, MD
Professor of Medicine and William G. Irwin Endowed Chair, UCSF
