Course Description:   We will explore recent medical advances that have the potential to significantly extend life. These include: Xenotransplantation; Genetic Engineering; Artificial Organs; Brain-Computer interfaces; Artificial Intelligence (AI) for medical diagnosis and care; and then end with a potpourri of other proposals to extend life (the Singularity, Cryonics, GLP-1 agonists, Telomere length preservation, and Rapamycin).

Location: Pavilion

Dates/Times:  Thursdays Jan 9 to Feb 13, from 9:30am - 10:45am.

Instructor: Reuben Mezrich

 Initially trained as an Electrical Engineer, Dr. Mezrich obtained a Ph.D. and worked for 14 years in research, mostly at RCA labs in Princeton. He then went to medical school and completed an internship in medicine and residency in radiology at the University of Pennsylvania. After 11 years of private practice, he returned to the University of Pennsylvania, where he taught and was appointed Interim Chair of Radiology. He later joined the faculties of Brigham and Women's Hospital and MIT, and was then recruited to become Chairman of Radiology at the University of Maryland. He has published 75 papers and received 25 patents.