Black History Month Events

Acts of Passion

Dr. Gena Carter

Sackler B Auditorium -- February 15th, 6:00pm

Dr. Gena Carter is a dynamic woman who serves her community on many different levels. After graduating from Tufts University School of Medicine, she entered a radiology residency program. Now a radiologist whose specialty is breast imaging and diagnosis, she counsels women faced with a possible diagnosis of breast cancer. She was recently selected by the International Division of American Society to help implement a mammography screening program in China. Beyond her role of physician, Dr. Carter is a patient fighting her own battle against lupus on a personal and national level by being a part of a national scientific advisory panel for the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin Disease at NIH.

Gynecology, Correctional Healthcare and Mississippi Update

Dr. Carl Reddix, M'85

Sackler 829-830 -- February 23rd, 6:00pm

Dr. Carl Reddix headed from Mississippi to Boston to study medicine at Tufts. After he graduated from medical school, he and his brother Michael Reddix '84 were determined to practice medicine in the community in which they were raised. Carl, with his wife Natalie Brookins-Reddix '85 and brother Michael went on to open a four-member internal medicine practice in Jackson, Mississippi. The Reddix Medical Group partnered with Mississippi Department of Corrections to provide care to 15,000 of the state's inmates.

Value of Spirituality in Medicine

Dr. Isaac A. Bartley, M'82

In his recent book Beyond Fear: A Doctor's Journey with His Patient's Illness, Dr. Isaac A. Bartley writes about his personal experience treating young patients who, unlike their geriatric counterparts, are usually healthy until the diagnosis is made. Immediately they are hurled into the complex world of medical jargon, a variety of procedures, and invasive tests they know very little or nothing about. Regardless of how devastating the diagnosis, the battle to survive must be fought. Some individuals fare better than others; some quickly learn how to take matters in stride. Dr. Bartley shows the importance of the patient's perception of the illness and the support provided by family and friends.