UCSF students as well as community members are invited to join Maureen Longworth, MD ’83, to watch and discuss her 1983 short film, Turning Around – Sexism in Medicine.

Dr. Longworth spent her medical career as a family practice doctor in Juneau, Alaska, and has been a playwright and filmmaker since her student days at UCSF. Turning Around runs 20 minutes and stars her medical school classmates. The film was based on a play performed at UCSF’s first International Women’s Day celebration in 1980. Julius Krevans, MD, UCSF’s chancellor at the time, made the film required viewing for all faculty members. (Bonus: Read “Doctor turned filmmaker says laughter may be the best medicine for sexism” from the March 8, 1984, issue of UCSF’s Synapse student newspaper.)

Register for lunch, a viewing of the short film, and a discussion on the continued relevance of the topic of sexism in medicine.

UCSF is also committed to making its facilities, activities, and events accessible. To request accommodations for this event, please contact alumni@ucsf.edu at least one week before the event date.