Paul Farmer, M.D., has developed successful strategies for AIDS, tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Photo by Mark Rosenberg ©2001 Partners In Health. All rights reserved.
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Dr. Paul Farmer, the subject of the book “Mountains Beyond Mountains,” and the book’s author, Tracy Kidder, will present the Frank Bryant Jr., M.D., Memorial Lecture in Medical Ethics on Monday, Sept. 22, in the UT Health Science Center Auditorium.

A reception will be held at 11:30 a.m. in the Parman Foyer followed by the presentation at noon and then a book signing. The event is free and open to the public.

One Community/One Book
“Mountains Beyond Mountains” was selected as the One Community/One Book assignment for the Health Science Center campus and focuses on Dr. Farmer’s public health work in Haiti and other areas of the world.

Model public health system in Haiti
While a medical student at Harvard, Dr. Farmer spent extensive periods of time setting up a model health care system in an area of poverty-stricken Haiti, developing successful treatment strategies for AIDS, tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. The infectious disease specialist and anthropologist is the founding director of Partners in Health, an international health care advocacy organization that conducts research and provides health care services for those living in poverty.

Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder, who wrote “Mountains Beyond Mountains,” will also speak.

Pulitzer-prize-winning author
Kidder, also a Harvard graduate, served in Vietnam and has written a number of books including “The Soul of New Machine,” about the computer industry, which won both a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. “Mountains Beyond Mountains” is a New York Times bestseller.

Those interested in receiving continuing education ethics credits or viewing the lecture by videoconference can consult the story in inside.news.

Sponsors for the event
The event is a presentation of the Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics and is sponsored in part by the International law Firm of Fulbright & Jaworski and the Salinger-Forland Foundation.