Professor Merle Sande, M.D.
School of Medicine
University of Utah
will be addressing the Vancouver Institute on February 10, 2001 at 8:15 p.m. in Lecture Hall No. 2 in the Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, University of British Columbia.
The Crisis in Infectious Diseases
Former Vice-Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of San Francisco School of Medicine and Chief of Medical Services at San Francisco General Hospital, Dr. Sande has played a leading role in the study of antibiotic-resistant infections and the emergence of "superbugs" as a threat to clinical practice and public health. A frequent public speaker on medical issues, Dr. Sande won the American Medical Writer's Award in 1995 and has appeared on the CBS program, 60 Minutes. He has authored or co-authored over 200 papers, 74 chapters and reviews, contributed nine journal editorials (several to the New England Journal of Medicine) and edited 18 textbooks.
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(Compiled by Ted Powell--when time permits)
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