Sent on March 31, 2007

pics from the web:

his presentation from Drexel Med University:

http://webcampus.drexelmed.edu/demo/doccom/authors/DennisNovack.htm

Dennis H. Novack, M.D. is Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean of Medical Education at Drexel University College of Medicine. He is a general internist who completed a 2-year fellowship with George Engel’s Medical-Psychiatric Liaison group in Rochester, N.Y. 1976-1978. Since 1978 Dr. Novack has been in academic medical centers, dedicated to improving education in physician-patient communication and psychosocial aspects of care. First at the University of Virginia and then for 12 years at Brown University, he directed psychosocial education in primary care internal medicine residency programs. He also co-directed the first year medical student course in medical interviewing and psychosocial aspects of care at Brown University Medical School. At Drexel he directs clinical skills teaching and assessment. He also directs the first year course at Drexel on physician/patient communication, psychosocial aspects of care and physician personal awareness and well-being.

He has conducted educational research, developed curricula and written many articles in peer reviewed journals about physician-patient communication, a number of which are used in various medical school curricula. He has also authored or co-authored articles on controversial topics in medical ethics, such as his articles in JAMA on “telling” the cancer patient and on physician use of deception in medicine. He has been a leader in the American Academy on Physician and Patient (AAPP) since its inception. He co-directed the first three AAPP annual faculty development courses and has taught in most of the twenty-three annual courses so far, as well as in many regional and British national courses. He is the founding editor of Medical Encounter, the quarterly newsletter of the Academy, and recently retired after twenty years as editor.

Dr. Novack has also been active for many years in the American Psychosomatic Society (APS), a scholarly society of nearly a 1,000 members that fosters scientific research into mind-body interactions in health and disease. He is a Past President of the APS. He has made many presentations at national and international meetings, and has been invited to serve at several consensus conferences on teaching physician-patient communication: the Toronto Consensus Conference, whose conclusions were published in the British Medical Journal, two Kalamazoo Conferences published in Academic Medicine, and an Institute of Medicine committee on the ideal behavioral sciences curriculum for medical education. He has been married to Janet, an attorney, for over 35 years. They have three terrific daughters, Brooke, 24, Ashley, 19, and Nicole, 16.

Summer 2001

Magazine December 2005

Show of Shows February 11: The Pediatric AIDS Benefit Concert. You won’t want to miss this year’s Pediatric AIDS Benefit Concert. It’s fun, it’s a wonderful cause, and the faculty and student performers provide first-class entertainment. There are some, especially among the students, who could have made a professional career with their talent, says faculty adviser (and performer) Dr. Dennis Novack. The benefit was launched a dozen years ago by students who wanted to support the St. Chris HIV-AIDS Clinic. From the first year, raising $5,000 in a hospital auditorium, the event has grown and grown till it brings in around $25,000 and fills the College of Physicians. Second-year medical students Sebastian Brooke, Chairman, and Kevin Schulz, Entertainment Chair, are among a committee of eight students leading this year’s effort, with another 40 or 50 students involved in planning and running the event. About 20 acts will be presented at the concert on the evening of February 11, ranging from classical opera, violin, and Indian dances to Dr. Novack’s classic rock band. In addition to performers from medical and biomedical faculty and students, there will be some contributions by children from the clinic. In addition to entertainment, attendees will have the opportunity to view the exhibits in the unique Mutter Museum. Incredible amounts of delicious food and a silent auction full of temptations round out the evening. Look for tickets to go on sale around the second week of January.
 

Contact:

Marie Hartman, 215-991- 8219

dennis.novackdrexelmed.edu

215-991-8100  ext. 8537