Pfeiffer Visiting Scholar Lunchtime Lecture - Dr. Lori Alvord

The Center of Excellence in Diversity in Medical Education

Cordially invites you to the

Pfeiffer Visiting Scholar Spring Lecture Series

Join us for a presentation with Dr. Lori Alvord

“The Healing Properties of Navajo Ceremonies”

Dr. Alvord is a member of the Navajo Tribe, and of the Tsinnajinnie’ (Ponderosa Pine) and Ashihii’ Dine’ (Salt) clans, and was raised in Crownpoint, New Mexico. She is the author of “The Scalpel and the Silver Bear,” Bantam Books, 1999, a bestselling memoir. Dr. Alvord served on the National Advisory Council of the NIH Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, as a member from 2008-2010.

Her research has focused on surgical outcomes and health disparities in Native American populations. Additional interests include Native American health, Native American philosophies of healing and the healing properties of ceremonies, integrative medicine, and the creation of healing environments.

Dr. Alvord is the Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Professor of Surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ. She also serves as Associate Faculty at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, at the Center for American Indian Health. Dr. Alvord received her doctorate of medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, her residency at Stanford University Hospital, and is a board certified general surgeon.

Dr. Alvord Lecture & Luncheon

Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2014

12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Location: LKSC205

Discussion: following lecture

1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Stanford, California

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RSPV by April 29, 2014

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Please contact Mark Gutierrez, Assistant Director, Center of Excellence
for more information marz@stanford.edu, (650) 725-0385.

There will be no on-site registration for this event, so please be sure to reserve your space as seating is limited.