Raúl Necochea López, Clare Herrick, Shelley McKellar, Elsbeth Heaman, George Weisz

McGill University

Wednesday, May 13, 2026, 1:30 pm EDT

SSoM, Don Bates Seminar Room, 101
3647 Rue Peel
Montréal, QC H3A 1X1, Canada

13:30-13:45 Introduction

13:45-14:30 Raúl Necochea López, Chapel Hill
"A Nearly Disavowed Oral History Adventure with Medical Students"

14:30-15:15 Clare Herrick, King’s College London
"The slack in the system: The American healthcare crisis, manpower planning and physician productivity 1950-1980"

15:15-15:30 Coffee

15:30-16:15 Shelley McKellar, Western University
"The Material Culture of Surgery: ‘Cutting’ Instruments as Expressions of Surgical Values and Competencies"

16:15-17:00 Elsbeth Heaman, McGill University
"The ‘Demographic Transition’ Between Medicine and Economics in 1940s America"

17:00-17:15 George Weisz, McGill University

17:15 and beyond: Reception

Date
Wed, May 13 2026, 1:30 - 5:30pm | 4 hours