Laurel Case Lectures

About Family Medicine's annual Laurel Case Visiting Professorship

The Laurel Case Visiting Professor spends several days as a guest of our department, interacting with clinical faculty, research team and residents of our discipline and other departments.

Laurel G. Case, M.D. was the founding chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at OHSU, leaving a 16 year private practice in the Medford, OR in 1971 when requested to accept the leadership of Family Medicine education in Oregon.

Past lectures

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Alex Krist, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor, Family Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University

Laurel Case Lecture: Whole Health Research and Clinical Innovations for the People and Communities We Serve 
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Christy Ledford, Ph.D., F.A.C.H.
Professor and Vice Chair, Family & Community Medicine, Medical College of Georgia - Augusta 

Laurel Case Lecture: Decoding the Hidden Curriculum: The Culture of Academic Medicine through Sign, Story, and Song

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Margot Savoy, M.D., M.P.H.
AAFP's Senior Vice President, Education, Inclusiveness and Physician Well-Being

Laurel Case Lecture: The Value Proposition for Physician Wellness in Family Medicine

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Rebecca Etz, Ph.D.

Co-Director of the Larry A. Green Center of Advancement of Primary Health Care for the Public Good and Professor of Family Medicine and Population Health at Virginia Commonwealth University

Laurel Case Lecture:  Where the Sidewalk Ends and the Promise of Primary Care Begins

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Rachel Hardeman, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Tenured Associate Professor, Reproductive Health Equity Researcher, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health

Laurel Case Lecture: Stolen Breaths: Exploring Solutions to the Disproportionate Impact of Police Violence and the COVID-19 Pandemic on Black Lives

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Eliseo Perez-Stable, M.D.
Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Laurel Case Lecture: Minority Health and Health Disparities Research: Promoting Health Equity as Quality Care

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Denise Rodgers, M.D.
Vice Chancellor, Interprofessional Programs; Director, Urban Health and Wellness Institute, Rutgers University

Laurel Case Lecture: Persistent Health Disparities: Understanding the Role of Social Determinants, Implicit Bias and Racism

Grand Rounds: Adverse Childhood Experiences, Social Determinants of Health and Trauma-Informed Care

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Kevin Grumbach, M.D.
Professor and Chair, University of San Francisco Department of Family Medicine and Community Medicine

Laurel Case Lecture: Preventable Hospitalizations Meet the Social Determinants of Health