Lecture presented by Lydia Kang, MD (Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE). During this talk, Dr. Kang will be discussing the history of quackery and why its evergreen influence has affected society for millennia. She will also discuss the intersection of quackery and pandemics, as well as some considerations in navigating the topic in a primary care setting.
Dr. Lydia Kang is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. She graduated from Columbia University and New York University Grossman School of Medicine, where she also completed her residency and Chief Residency. Dr. Kang is an author of poetry, non-fiction, and fiction. Her work has been published in JAMA, The Annals of Internal Medicine, Canadian Medical Association Journal, and The Journal of General Internal Medicine. Over the years, she has gained a reputation for helping fellow writers achieve medical accuracy in fiction. She is the co-author of Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World’s Worst Diseases and Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything, an NPR Science Friday “Best Science Book of 2017.” Her most recent nonfiction novel is Pseudoscience: An Amusing History of Crackpot Ideas and Why We Love Them. Her adult historical fiction, which often include medicine and science, includes the bestselling novels A Beautiful Poison, The Impossible Girl, Opium and Absinthe.
This event is sponsored by the John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society; IU School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, and History of Medicine Student Interest Group; IU Center for Bioethics; IU Indianapolis Medical Humanities & Health Studies Program; and the Ruth Lilly Medical Library.
Register to attend online via Zoom here.