Presidential Lecture Series
A new lecture series featuring its President Michelle J. Anderson in conversation with high-profile leaders aimed at exposing students and the extended Brooklyn College community to inspiring ideas, courageous leadership, and models of civic engagement and civil discourse.
Selwyn M. Vickers, M.D., FACS
Healthcare as a Social Justice Issue and Career Opportunities in the Field
A Conversation with President and CEO of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Selwyn M. Vickers, M.D., FACS
Date: Thursday, February 2, 2023
Time: 5:30 p.m. ET
Location: Don Buchwald Theater located in the Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts
Free and open to the public, reservations required.
The first event in the Brooklyn College Presidential Lecture Series features internationally recognized pancreatic cancer surgeon, researcher, and healthcare pioneer Selwyn M. Vickers, M.D., FACS—the president and CEO of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, who assumed his new role on September 19, 2022.
Held during Black History Month, this public lecture will be both timely and informative as Vickers will discuss healthcare as a social justice issue, as well as career opportunities for students, with President Anderson.
Vickers is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. He has served on the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Board of Trustees and the Johns Hopkins University Board of Trustees. Additionally, he has served as president of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract and the Southern Surgical Association. He is the immediate past president of the American Surgical Association and continues to see patients.
“Discussing the challenges that many face regarding healthcare with such a prestigious, devoted, and accomplished pioneer as Dr. Vickers allows us to share valuable insight about real societal issues with our campus community,” said Anderson. “Healthcare disparities affect many members of our extended Brooklyn College family. As a regional anchor institution, we are pleased to open up this event to the public as we know it will be a powerful and productive discussion.”
