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The Romanovs The Wireless Future of Medicine
Dr. Helen Rappaport Dr. Eric Topol
Wednesday 11:30 am–12:15 pm Wednesday 11:30 am–12:15 pm
Walt Disney Room Joan Didion Room

The brutal murder of the Russian Imperial family on July 17, 1918, has long been a defining moment in world Could your smart phone be the future of medicine?
history. One hundred years later we continue to be fascinated with Czar Nicolas II, his English wife Alexandra, Dr. Eric Topol is a world renowned cardiologist
their four beautiful and captivating daughters, and the tragic end to the 300 year-old Romanov dynasty. Join who has embraced the study of genomics and
historian Dr. Helen Rappaport and Susan Eisenhower as they explore the long history of the Imperial Family and the latest advances in technology to treat chronic
the events leading to that night in 1918. disease. According to Dr. Topol, smart phones will
be the instruments that measure and continuously
communicate all kinds of vital signs to our doctors,
keeping us out of hospital beds and reducing the
cost of healthcare.

Who Killed Piet Barol?
Richard Mason
Wednesday 11:30 am–12:15 pm “I am prescribing a lot more apps

Anne Rice Room
than medications these days.”
Richard Mason introduced us to Piet in History of a Pleasure Seeker, his earlier novel — Dr. Eric Topol
about the young Dutchman who escapes the drabness of the provinces to enter the
employ of the wealthiest family in Amsterdam. In Mason’s latest novel, Piet, now
a furniture maker, is on an adventure in colonial Capetown and the magical forest
of Gwadana in search of precious wood. Mason, who was born in South Africa to
anti-apartheid activist parents, will talk about his novel, the truth in magic and
the enduring consequences of lies. He is joined by Elizabeth Sorensen.
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