2/16: Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn to Speak at Kanbar Lecture Grand Rounds

Share:
Osher Center building
January 12, 2018

Update: If you missed this lecture, you can now watch it online.

Jon Kabat-Zinn portrait
Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn (Photo credit: Joshua Simpson)

The Osher Center is honored to welcome Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn to speak on The Entanglement of Meditation and Medicine, and What Love’s Got to Do With It on Friday, February 16, 2018 from 12:00 noon until 1:00 pm at UCSF Herbst Hall at 1600 Divisadero Street. This Grand Rounds presentation is part of the Maurice Kanbar Lecture on Innovations in Integrative Medicine series at the Osher Center. 

About Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn
Dr. Kabat-Zinn is the founder of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program, which teaches participants how to navigate and integrate the challenges and adventures of everyday life. He is also the author of several best-selling books on the topic of mindfulness, including Full Catastrophe Living and Wherever You Go, There You Are.

Dr. Kabat-Zinn is Professor of Medicine Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he founded the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society, and the world-renowned Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Clinic. His work has contributed to a growing movement of mindfulness into mainstream institutions such as medicine, psychology, health care, neuroscience, schools, higher education, business, social justice, criminal justice, prisons, the law, technology, government, and professional sports.

This lecture may be:

  • attended in-person at UCSF Herbst Hall with RSVP*
  • viewed via Livestream at the Osher Center, 1545 Divisadero, Room 523,
  • viewed via Livestream remotely, only available for UCSF employees with MyAccess account, or
  • viewed on video recording after the event.

*In-person attendance for this event is limited to the first 80 people registered on Eventbrite. Please plan to arrive at Herbst Hall no later than 11:45 am. Walk-ins will be admitted to fill no-show seats on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 11:55 am. A box lunch will be provided to each registered attendee, and guests are welcome to stay for a post-lecture coffee and tea from 1:00 to 1:30.

CME Information
CME credit is available for attendees, both in-person and Livestream. CME is not available to those who view the recording afterwards.

Back to top