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History of Medicine Lecture Series

by Diane Fotinos on 2021-05-11T09:28:52-05:00 | 0 Comments


Please join us tomorrow night for the fourth History of Medicine Spring 2021 Lecture!

 

Presenter: Dr. Ron Philo

Date: Wednesday, May 12th at 6pm via Zoom

Title: Leonardo Anatomist

Summary: An introduction and overview of the anatomical drawings of Leonardo da Vinci

Speaker Info.: Ron Philo, Ph.D. is a retired Senior Lecturer, former director of willed-body programs at UT Health Houston and UT Health San Antonio, and former Chair of The Anatomical Board of The State of Texas. Dr. Philo has coauthored three art catalogs on the anatomical drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. Each was coauthored with Martin Clayton of Royal Collection Trust. These catalogs are Leonardo da Vinci: The Anatomy of Man (1992); Leonardo da Vinci: The Mechanics of Man (2010); and Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomist (2012). The catalogs were prepared for exhibitions of Leonardo drawings in Houston, Vancouver and London, respectively. An app was also produced with the Leonardo: Anatomist book—it is called ‘Leonardo da Vinci Anatomy’, by Royal Collection Trust, Primal, and TouchPress. Dr. Philo obtained his BS and MS degrees from Southwest Texas State University, and his Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He is a native Texan and currently live in Austin, Texas with his wife, Joyce Anne LeMaistre, MD.

Registration link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wAmhLV55QTazXzyBr7EjtA


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