TODAY Thursday, April 3 at 5:30 PM

John G. Meara MD, DMD, MBA

Plastic Surgeon-in-Chief

Department of Plastic & Oral Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston Children's Hospital

101 Jordan

Dr. Meara will be addressing several topics, including:

• An overview of the training process during medical school, residency and fellowship - what is involved in the education of physicians
• A vision of medicine as “vocation," a response to a higher calling to serve others, as in the healing professions
• The role of the physician as an advocate for the poor and vulnerable, and the role of advocacy and leadership in shaping medicine’s future