The Associates, under the chairmanship of Dr. Martin Gordon sponsors an annual lecture in the spring. The event is held in the Medical Historical Library in the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library.

The past several keynote speakers have included:

Robert A. Weinberg, MIT Professor of Biology and Member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, presented Origin of Human Malignancies.
April 11, 2007

Harvey V. Fineberg, President of the Institute of Medicine and researcher in the fields of health policy and medical decision making, presented the keynote address for the 58th annual lecture Preparing for Avian Influenza:  Lessons from the Swine Flu Affair.
April 19, 2006

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Douglas Melton, a leading researcher in the field of human embryonic stem cells, presented the keynote address for the 57th annual lecture May 4, 2005, The Future of Pancreatic Stem Cells and Diabetes [Press Release]

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Peter C. Agre, M.D. Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, December 2003. Dr. Agre presented his talk The Road to Stockholm and Back: Comments on the Journey on March 24, 2004.

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Dean Kamen, inventor of many medical advances including insulin infusions pumps, home renal dialysis units, the Ibot wheelchair, and the Segway™ Human Transporter. Founder of FIRST Foundation.
April 30, 2003

J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., founder of Celera Genomics Group, and Chief Scientist and Chairman of the Board, The Institute for Genomic Research
Sequencing the Human Genome
April 24, 2002

Joshua Lederberg, Ph.D., Emeritus President, Rockefeller University, Nobel Laureate.
The Evolution of Infectious Disease
April 25, 2001

Richard Horton, M.D., Editor, The Lancet
The Journalization of Science: Treachery versus Trust?
April 5, 2000

David Satcher M.D., U.S. Surgeon General
Toward a Balanced Community Health System: Opportunities and Challenges.
March 24, 1999

John Leinhard, Ph.D., M.D. Anderson Professor of Engineering and History at the University of Houston, and creator and host, National Public Radio's Engines of our Ingenuity.
The Engines of Ingenuity
May 6, 1998

Daniel Goldin, NASA Administrator
Medicine and NASA
April 28, 1997