GREENVILLE, Pa.-- Thiel College’s second annual Haer Family Symposium will feature cardiologist and author Sandeep Jauhar, M.D. and Johns Hopkins University economist and author Douglas Hough, Ph.D. discussing “The Healthcare Conundrum” on March 30 and 31.
Free and open to the public, the event features distinguished professionals speaking about health care from the perspective of physicians and, with an economic slant, from the perspective of patients as healthcare consumers. Jauhar is the author of two books, “Doctored” and “Intern: A Doctor’s Initiation.” He brings an insider’s perspective to healthcare, starting with his chronicle of the formative years of a doctor in “Intern” and continuing with his follow-up in "Doctored." He will speak at 7 p.m., March 30, in the Howard Miller Student Center’s Lutheran Heritage Room on the Thiel campus.
Hough, author of “Irrationality in Health Care: What Behavioral Economics Reveals About What We Do and Why,” will present at 7 p.m. March 31, also in the Lutheran Heritage Room. Using behavioral economics as an alternative to the standard tools of health economics, Hough offers a striking and patient-centered diagnosis of the ills of healthcare today.
The Haer Family Symposium takes its name from Thiel alumni Fred ’65 and Jill ’66 Haer, whose various companies have advanced neuroscientific research and helped to develop new neurological and psychiatric therapies. And, true to the College’s mission, the Haers have created opportunities for Thiel students to grow as learners and citizens.
To learn more about the event, contact the Office of Academic Affairs at 724-589-2052 or jgraubard@thiel.edu.