Moses Maimonides: A Great Jewish Philosopher, Theologian and Physician 1135 - 1204 AD
Join the
HEKTOEN INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE and The Chicago Society for the History of Medicine and the Humanities
on Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
for
Moses Maimonides: A Great Jewish Philosopher, Theologian and Physician 1135 - 1204 AD
By Hareth Raddawi, MD, FACP
Clinical Professor of Medicine & Gastronenterology, University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago
In this presentation, Dr. Raddawi will trace the life and works of Moses Maimonides (1135-1204), one of human civilization’s greatest minds, from his origin in Cordova in Arab Andalusia, to his move to Fes, Morocco all the way to his final stay in Fustat, Egypt. In Egypt, Maimonides became a royal Physician in the court of the Islamic ruler Sultan Salah Al-Din and a leader in the Jewish community. His major books of medicine and philosophy were written in Arabic, while his theological work, the Mishnah Torah, remains a major source of Jewish theology and law to this day. Attendees of this lecture will come to understand Moses Maimonides as an outstanding physician and scholar, a superb clinician and a prolific writer who made everlasting contributions to medicine, philosophy and the humanities.
About the speaker
Hareth Raddawi, MD, FACP, was born along the Euphrates river in Mesopotamia. Dr. Raddawi left the Middle East after earning his Medical Degree. He arrived in Chicago in 1981 to seek postgraduate training and began a residency in Internal Medicine at Cook County Hospital where he eventually became a Chief Medical Resident. Dr. Raddawi completed a fellowship in Gastroenterology in Chicago then went on to do a fellowship in biliary/pancreatic intervention at the Medical college of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. He has been in private practice in the southwest suburbs of Chicago since 1989 and also holds a teaching faculty appointment as a clinical professor at UIC. Dr. Raddawi is an active member of the Chicago Medical Society.
WHEN:
Tuesday,
November 9th
Reception: 5:00 pm
Presentation: 5:30 pm
WHERE:
2100 W. Harrison St, Chicago - 1st Floor Auditorium
Free parking available in the 2100 W. Harrison lot. Please park on the right side.
REGISTRATION:
COST:
$20 - Food and refreshments will be provided.
