October 22, 1999
Contact: Todd Cohen, University Relation, (785) 864-3256 or tcohen@ukans.edu.
LAWRENCE -- A physician who earned degrees in English, humanities and medicine at the University of Kansas will speak Monday on the value of a liberal arts education for a career in medicine.
Douglas Merrill, now a physician in Phoenix, will give a free public lecture, "Alchemy, Anesthesia, Frankenstein, and Hollywood: How a Humanities Major Becomes a Physician," at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25 in Alderson Auditorium at the Kansas Union.
The Humanities and Western Civilization Program and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences are sponsoring Merrill's lecture. Merrill also will meet with honors students, Humanities and Western Civilization majors and faculty, and attend an Honors Western Civilization lecture and discussion class on Oct. 25 and 26.
Merrill received a bachelor's degree with honors in humanities and English in 1975 from KU. After earning his M.D. at the KU Medical Center in 1978, he completed his residency in anesthesiology at Stanford University Hospitals. A Phoenix resident since 1986, he is the director of the Valley Analgesia Service and Medical Director of the Glendale Surgicenter.
Merrill is a past chair of the Committee on Pain Management of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. He speaks regularly and has published articles on issues in pain management.