2023 Visiting Speaker Series

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2023 Visiting Speaker Series:

Profs Shelley McKellar, Paul Potter, Dr Roya Etemad-Rezai, Dr Justin Barr, Dr Shauna Devine, Dr Michael Rieder, Dr Vivian McAlister
Dr. Justin Barr MD, PhD
“A Stitch in Time: Arterial Repair and the Process of Change in Surgery, 1880-1960”
Thursday, November 9, 2023

Dr. Justin Barr, the 2023 Visiting Speaker, connects medical history and clinical practice in a well-received lecture. The evening was an unqualified success!

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Curator Grant Maltman provides a private tour of Banting House to our guest Dr. Justin Barr and Shauna Devine.

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Dr. Justin Barr is currently working as HPB/Transplant Fellow at Toronto General Hospital. Prior to coming to Toronto, Justin Barr was a resident in surgery and an instructor in history at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Barr earned his medical degree from the University of Virginia while simultaneously matriculating with a PhD in the history of medicine from Yale University.  Barr also holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Washington University in St. Louis.

Justin Barr is the author of Of Life and Limb: Surgical Repair of the Arteries in War and Peace, 1880-1960 (University of Rochester Press, 2019), which explores the history of arterial repair and investigates the process of surgical innovation by exploring the social, technological, institutional, and martial dynamics shaping the introduction and adoption of a new operation. Justin has published widely in the field; Click here for a complete list of his publications.