The Only Winner in War Is Medicine
Program Description:
Award winning author and surgeon, Andrew Lam, M.D. will discuss his parallel career as a historian and writer. His latest book, The Masters of Medicine: Our Greatest Triumphs in the Race to Cure Humanity's Deadliest Diseases, recounts the greatest discoveries in modern medicine. Of all the factors that spurred such breakthroughs, one stands out as more crucial than any other; War. Lam will describe how D-Day prompted one inspiring surgeon to take risks, innovate, and launch a brand new surgical specialty.
Andrew Lam, M.D., is the award-winning, international bestselling author of four books. His writing has appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and USA Today, and he has been a featured commentator for PBS Newshour, New England Public Radio and many other media outlets. Born in Philadelphia and raised in central Illinois, he graduated summa cum laude in history from Yale University, where he studied military history and U.S.-East Asian relations. He then attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, followed by specialty training in ophthalmology and retina surgery at the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia, where he also served as chief resident.
Dr. Lam has authored numerous scientific articles and is a co-investigator for several national clinical trials. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, attending surgeon at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, and senior partner at New England Retina Consultants.
He resides with his wife and four children in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, where he was elected a Selectman in 2024.