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Surgery & Perioperative Care Combined Grand Rounds: Sixteen Words Can Change Your Life… & Work

Location: Health Learning Building Auditorium (HLB 1.111)

Address: 1501 Red River St., Austin, Texas 78712 | View Map »

Date: Thursday, July 31, 2025

Time: 7–8 a.m.

Contact: Ali Balfantz

About the Event

In this installment of Surgery and Perioperative Care Combined Grand Rounds, Allan Cole, Ph.D., presents “Sixteen Words Can Change Your Life… and Work.”

Cole explores the values that inform patient-centered medicine. This presentation delves into the importance of self-awareness and role clarity as well as what illness may teach patients and physicians about becoming human and developing the best versions of themselves. Cole serves as dean of the Steve Hicks School of Social Work and deputy for health humanities and technology at Dell Medical School.

Email Ali Balfantz for more information.